Tag Archives : Vietnam War

Call of Duty will be set in Vietnam

Call of Duty will be set in Vietnam

It seems that the studio Treyarch, Activision-Blizzard, is eager to launch the new Call of Duty, to be presented this Friday. The series of games, which has generated revenues of $ 3 million, will be set in this seventh edition in Vietnam. According to the website Digital Trends, the Vietnam ‘theme’ rarely worked in the same style of game [...]
Afghanistan: Obama’s Vietnam?

Afghanistan: Obama’s Vietnam?

The Vietnam War showed the world ‘the futility of Western powers using force in somebody else’s country.’ The US learned some hard lessons from the failure. Today, ‘Vietnam haunts Barack Obama as he decides what to do in Afghanistan’ which he calls the ‘war of necessity.’ The US counter-insurgency strategy, while ‘seeking to exorcise [...]
Vietnam War: U.S. zeal to help or the propensity to poke its nose where it’s not wanted?

Vietnam War: U.S. zeal to help or the propensity to poke its nose where it’s not wanted?

Many Americans believed that the US was fighting a war that the Vietnamese people did not want to be fought for them. To say that the US military participation in Vietnam was not popular in the US is an understatement. Many critics felt that what was going on was a civil war between north and south Vietnam, and that the US was poking its nose into [...]
A Place Where People’s Collective Will Sways Government

A Place Where People’s Collective Will Sways Government

Once again, the American people are living in a time of utter concern for their economy. While the American government speaks in terms of its military victories over agents of terror, the ordinary American taxpayer might not be aware that he or she shall continue to shell out for his or her government’s military spending. Through the decades, however, [...]