// War Literature

I am thinking of writing my paper on the Vietnam War.  I will comparison between a memoir experience and a historical experience of the war.  I will be using “The things they carried” by Tim O’Brien.  I also wanted to use the film “The Fog of War”.  I also have two other books that talk about the history of the Vietnam war through a historical experience.  My topic still seem confusing because I still don’t know what exactly am I going to compare.  Im thinking in the lines of tone, writing styles, perspectives, and imagery.

I also found an article that I can use that also talks about the history of the Vietnam War and how it started and what led to the rise of the war to begin with.  I was also recommended to read “If I die in a combat zone” by Tim O’brien as well so I might use this also as a memoir source.

Sources

Beckett, Francis. “Never So Good Again.” History Today 60.5 (2010): 30-36. Historical Abstracts. EBSCO. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

Neale, Jonathan.  “A People’s History Of The Vietnam War”.  The New Press, New York.  2003.

Young, Marilyn B. “The Vietnam Wars 1945 – 1990”.  Harper Perennial, New York. 1991.

“The Fog of War”.  Dir. Errol Morris. Perf. Robert S. Mc Namara Sony Pictures. 2003.