PBS Ken Burns - The Vietnam War (Premiere)

[drhu22]

Telus 140 9:00 pm
1st episode is right now... this is a multi part series by the guy who did "The Civil War". Been waiting for this one for a long time...
http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-vietnam-war/home/

[brslk]

Watching it right now. Everything Ken Burns does is great.
I never did and still don't care for jazz music but his series on it was fascinating.
I'll watch anything he does.

[drhu22]

Originally Posted by brslk

Watching it right now. Everything Ken Burns does is great.I never did and still don't care for jazz music but his series on it was fascinating.I'll watch anything he does.

Same here, I did find parts of Jazz interesting though... sometimes the cinematography and overall production quality is enough to be interesting.

[bobtodrick]

Another fan of Burns.

[drhu22]

Originally Posted by brslk

Watching it right now. Everything Ken Burns does is great.I never did and still don't care for jazz music but his series on it was fascinating.I'll watch anything he does.

Misread your post... thought you didnt care for the Jazz doc. There is no better story teller out there I don't think.

[IR_mike]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvo3yeTYvNc

[Selkirk]

I was living in the States during the last half of that war. It's a very hard subject for most Americans to address, even to this day. In spite of all their efforts, the billions of dollars spent, and their high casualty count (~200K), in the end, the war was lost to the Communists.

Many blame the American leaders of the time for how they conducted the war (a program of 'limited' war), but it did accomplish it's purpose of keeping China out of the war, and prevented a possible WWIII.

It was the worst mess the Americans have ever gotten themselves into. The theory is; they learned a lot from that mess, but after 16 years they're still in Afghanistan, and with no end yet in sight.

Selkirk

[huntsfurfish]

Originally Posted by bobtodrick

Another fan of Burns.

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