The Deer Hunter is an American film directed by Michael Cimino produced in 1978. The three-hour long epic movie is part of the general genre of “war movie” or “anti-war film” category. The plot: Three men from the American province go to war in Vietnam and return as wrecks to their homes or are killed [...]

Platoon is a war film directed by Oliver Stone during the year 1986. It shows the excesses of the Vietnam War and its effect on infantry soldiers. To date, Platoon is the second most successful film, which grapples with the issue of Vietnam war, with box office of more than 138 million U.S. dollars (after [...]

Ron Kovic is a young American born on July 4, the day the American independence day is celebrated, from a Catholic-style and traditionalist family, and his interests and activities are sports, school and a normal American guy’s life, but with deep American ideals, thus his well known motto "Either you love America or you go [...]

The second Afghan war in modern history opposed the United States along with the military contribution of the Northern Alliance and other western nations (UK, France , Canada, etc..) against the Taliban regime. This war is part of the "war against terrorism" declared by the Bush administration following the attacks of September 11, 2001 in [...]

The Gulf War was the war of 1990 to 1991 that took place between Iraq and a coalition made ‌‌up of 31 nations under the leadership of the United States, in response to Iraq invading and conquering the emirate of Kuwait. It is also known as Operation Desert Storm, name of the US-led campaign that [...]

The Vietnam War pitted, between 1964 and 1975, the Republic of Vietnam or South Vietnam against the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, known as North Vietnam. South Vietnam was backed by the U.S. while North Vietnam was assisted by its communist allies. The side of North Vietnam killed 10 times more than the South Vietnam side. [...]

The MFSO group, short for Military Families Speak Out, is a group created in November 2002 by two military families that were against the plans of invasion of Iraq and wished to prevent it, considering it as simply putting the lives of soldiers in danger. During their first press conference in Washington, D.C held in [...]

Code Pink is an American pacifist civil rights movement, which aims at the termination of existing military conflicts, particularly the so-called war in Iraq as well as preventing new wars and the concentration of resources on life-goals such as health care and education. Most of its members are women. Origin and objectives The group was [...]

Founded in October 2002, the UFPJ, short for United for Peace and Justice coalition regroups over 1300 organizations based in the United States as well as worldwide organizations, that opposed war and the policies of governments aiming toward warfare and empire building. Origins The coalition was created in response to the United States’ plans to [...]

Founded in 1985 in the United States of America, the group known as Veterans For Peace consists of male and female World War II veterans of the US military veterans that fought in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the Korean War, as well as other international conflicts, and works toward the promotions of alternatives [...]