The Green Berets Analysis
“And so my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.” These were the famous words of President John F. Kennedy that electrified the nation during his inaugural address on the 20th of January 1961. These same words sparked the ever growing patriotism of every American and inspired more others to play important roles in nation building. If American patriotism reached an all-time high during Kennedy’s presidency, it also reached its all-time low when JFK was assassinated on the 22nd of November 1963. There, at his funeral, stood men from Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
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American patriotism was starting to waiver. More American troops were sent to Vietnam. As America tuned to their nightly television, the results they were fed with was the rising number of death tolls without any hint that the war would soon end. From role models, the Green Berets were reduced to nothing more than an image of war America would never win, much less fought. Robin Moore’s novel, The Green Berets, recounted his four- month experience with the Green Beret team in Vietnam. Moore portrayed them as true- life heroes. What he didn’t expect was his book would also serve as an effective antiwar manifesto. It revealed several Green Beret secrets that enlightened the American public on what is really going on in …show more content…
The event was hidden to the American public for over one and a half year and the event was portrayed into horrifying photographs of death. Hundreds of helpless women, children and elderly were killed in the remote hamlet of My Lai. It made America question its own principles. The United States regarded itself as exceptionally virtuous but such atrocities of war could not be called morally superior. For a growing number of minds, they now viewed their own nation as a force of repression, not freedom. The United States has been clearly stating that this war effort was for the purpose of liberation but the atrocity was now compared to Hitler’s genocide. Paul Meadlo, a soldier during the My Lai incident broke his silence to the public. He revealed the story behind the massacre, of how they were orderd to kill everyone. This event futher ignited the antiwar
American patriotism was starting to waiver. More American troops were sent to Vietnam. As America tuned to their nightly television, the results they were fed with was the rising number of death tolls without any hint that the war would soon end. From role models, the Green Berets were reduced to nothing more than an image of war America would never win, much less fought. Robin Moore’s novel, The Green Berets, recounted his four- month experience with the Green Beret team in Vietnam. Moore portrayed them as true- life heroes. What he didn’t expect was his book would also serve as an effective antiwar manifesto. It revealed several Green Beret secrets that enlightened the American public on what is really going on in …show more content…
The event was hidden to the American public for over one and a half year and the event was portrayed into horrifying photographs of death. Hundreds of helpless women, children and elderly were killed in the remote hamlet of My Lai. It made America question its own principles. The United States regarded itself as exceptionally virtuous but such atrocities of war could not be called morally superior. For a growing number of minds, they now viewed their own nation as a force of repression, not freedom. The United States has been clearly stating that this war effort was for the purpose of liberation but the atrocity was now compared to Hitler’s genocide. Paul Meadlo, a soldier during the My Lai incident broke his silence to the public. He revealed the story behind the massacre, of how they were orderd to kill everyone. This event futher ignited the antiwar