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Ken Burns & Lynn Novick's Documentary of the Viet Nam War
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I watched the first episode, Deja Vu, of the The Viet Nam War last night. I found it very interesting, I learned some deeper things about the origins of the conflict that I did not know before, such as the French occupation of Indo-China starting in 1858. Ken Burns work has always impressed me, very well done. What did any of you think of it if you watched it?
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."--Thomas Jefferson
I was at the Chicago screening and saw excerpts from all 10 episodes. Believe me there will be many many things that will surprise you. They have recording by Lyndon Johnson and Nixon that were never made public and the interviews with Viet Cong officers and soldiers will be very illuminating. Nixon intentionally thwarted a peace deal between North and South just to swing the election his way! More like Treasonous Dick. You'll also learn that the media intentionally ignored US military successes while over-reporting minor skirmishes. - not exactly what Burns expected to find.
Burns has his own spin on the war. Don't take anything as gospel until you've confirmed it on your onsies.
Damn commies, pinko rat bastards.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental.
Impressive, as all of Burns' work is.
I'm looking forward to watching it.
Viet Nam poised no danger to the U.S. We decimated a subsistence farming nation because of right wing ideology! I knew this in 1970 when I was 11 years old. Any takers?
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!
(September 18, 2017 at 9:14 pm)chimp3 Wrote: Viet Nam poised no danger to the U.S. We decimated a subsistence farming nation because of right wing ideology! I knew this in 1970 when I was 11 years old. Any takers? We let one country fall to the Communists and the others know we don't give a fuck about them. |
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