Annontated Bibliography - SWA 8, 9

Annotated Bibliography

Holt: Elements of Literature. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. 5 Apr. 2008. http://eolit.hrw.com/hlla/authorbios/index2.jsp?author=10timobrien.
This article is a small biography of the author of “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien. O’Brien was drafted into the Vietnam War and served in it for 3 years where he saw heavy combat as an infantryman. After he got home from the war, O’Brien wrote several stories about war. I can use this article in my paper to s how O’Brien’s real life experiences helped him write this story and that the events that take place in it are the gritty reality of the harsh war.

Jones, Joy. "I Will Never Forget." Officer Review Magazine 47.6 (Jan. 2008): 12-12. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Thomas Cooper Library, Lexington, SC. 5 Apr. 2008. https://pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct= true&db=aph&AN=28320644&site=ehost-live.

This article details the story of a young sergeant in the army who was good friends with another soldier who the sergeant finds out after he goes home had been killed in action. The article shows how the sergeant never forgets about the soldier and even thirty years later contacts his next of kin to give them photos he had of the soldier. The article is important in that it shows how the war affected the soldiers’ bonds with each other.

Roszak, Theodore, et al. "Where Were You During the Summer of Love?" Chronicle of Higher Education 53.44 (06 July 2007): B6-B9. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Thomas Cooper Library, Lexington, SC. 5 Apr. 2008. https://pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct= true&db=aph&AN=25847210&site=ehost-live.
This article illustrates several points of view during the infamous Summer of Love. Many of these people are influenced by the Vietnam War. Some fought in the war and some fought against the war. I can use this article to detail how the Vietnam War affected the lives of different people and show that the war itself was very influential not only to the Vietnamese people, but to the American people.

Thomas, Evan, et al. "What These Eyes Have Seen. (Cover story)." Newsweek 151.6 (11 Feb. 2008): 24-32. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Thomas Cooper Library, Lexington, SC. 5 Apr. 2008. https://pallas2.tcl.sc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct= true&db=aph&AN=28833419&site=ehost-live.

This article provides a narrative of what possible future president John McCain went through in the Vietnam War. This article details his capture, torture, and eventual release at the hands of the Vietcong. This article is important to my paper due to its explicit details of what prisoners of war went through in the war as well as how the experience shaped McCain into the possible Leader of the Free World he has become today.
www.ibiblio.org. 1989. AMERICAN MILITARY HISTORY, Center of Military History. 7 April 2008. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/vietnam/short.history/chap_28.txt.This article is a summary of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War. It discusses everything from the beginning of the conflict which reached back to World War II to the end of the war and beyond. I can use this article in my paper to show not only what happened, but the results of the war as well as the final casualty figures suffered by the American forces and the Vietnamese forces.