movie/book influence peoples opinions?

Question

i know that propaganda influenced the German peoples views on Jews, but Im guessing that someone else is already going to do their research paper on that

i need to write a research paper that has something to do with history, and it has to be controversial (meaning that my opinion on the topic might be diffferent than someone elses)..

i want to do it on something regarding a movie or book that you believe influenced people during a certain time period

oh, and by the way, my paper has to be 10 pages long.

any ideas??

THANKS

Answer 1

Go to the library. Get a copy of "The Other America" by Michael Harrington. It was an expose of poverty in America during the 1960s. That book led President Lyndon Baines Johnson to put forth the social assistance legislation that became known as the "Great Society". I would call that a book which influenced one very powerful individual.
A second possibility is "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson. It put forth the idea that certain chemicals we were using in the U.S. were killing birds and wrecking the shells containing their young. It led to the ban on DDT as an insecticide.

Answer 2

Unfit for Command by the Swift Boat veterans probably had a lot to do with John Kerry's losing the 2004 Presidential race. The opinions of many of the men who served with him during his very brief four months in Vietnam raised questions about his performance and the medals he got, including three Purple Hearts ( during the 4 months ) for putative injuries that didn't cost him one day's loss of time.

People have already mentioned some of the influential environmentalist books such as Rachel Carson's Silent Spring and Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb. Silent Spring led to the practical banning of the use of DDT and it has been estimated that millions of people died of malaria as a consequence. The Population Bomb triggered a wave of vasectomies in the U.S. although not one of Ehrlich's predictions turned out to have a shred of validity or credibility when subsequently examined. It is likely that Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth will suffer a similar fate.

Answer 3

There are a number of books and movies about Vietnam, just do a search.

Ted Kennedy and Chappaquiddick - the Kennedy's and the law. That should fill 10 pages including the margins

Assassination of Kennedy and Lincoln. All kinds of theories and parallels.

Book: 'Now they call me infidel'

Area 57

Answer 4

You could go with Catcher in the Rye. It seems to have an effect on those who read it.

Answer 5

the communist manifesto. it's generally regarded as one of the world's most controversial and dangerous books.

Answer 6

Check out this link:
http://www.online-literature.com/dickens/twocities/