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A 5 page research paper that examines the topic of imperialism and US involvement in Southeast Asia. The writer argues that misguided, imperialistic attitudes propelled the US into involvement in Vietnam and this experience dispelled many of the illusions of the US toward the Third World. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the answer to this question lies within the realm of US imperialism, particularly within the misguided, imperialistic attitudes that propelled the US into involvement in Southeast Asia. An examination
of these attitudes demonstrates how the reality of Vietnam dispelled US illusions about the nature of the Third World, thereby making any future such involvement unlikely. The student researching
this topic has requested that this research should be in the form of a lecture. As this would detract from the amount of information that can be included with
this research, it is recommended that the student put the information in this form when he or she writes his or her own paper. Numerous scholars have pointed out
that the American attitudes toward Asia and the Third world during the 1950s and 60s were largely formed by the media, in particular, theater and films. Michael Herr (1977),
for example, in his book Dispatches, is highly critical of the glamorization of war that occurred in movies from this era. Similarly, McConache (1994) asserts that the oriental musicals of
Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein, i.e. "The King and I," "South Pacific," and "The Flower Drum Song," all feature themes that argue that all people in all cultures are essentially
same. Because of this, the American people found it easy t believe that the South Vietnamese were, "or soon would be," just like us (McConache, 1994, p. 385). Therefore,
when the North Vietnamese crossed the 17th parallel and invaded the South, many Americans took it personally, and saw this invasion as a direct attack on the integrity and self-respect
of the US (McConache, 1994). As this suggests, most Americans were hardly conscious that their attitudes constituted an almost willful indifference to the history and culture of Vietnam
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