List of Vietnam articles
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S11961 ‘Vietnam’: Tom’s own view
Thus far I’ve held off, because I didn’t want to get in the way of Charles Krohn’s reviews.
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WASHINGTON, : American youths stage a rally 30 November 1965 in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. protesting United States military involvement in the Vietnam war. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images) ‘Vietnam’ 9: An unfinished tale
Despite striving for nuance, episode 9 favors those who opposed the war more than those who fought it.
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Kent_State_massacre ‘Vietnam’ Ep. 8: Trouble at home
This episode is mostly about My Lai and Kent State. I abstain from commenting.
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800px-F-100C_188TFS_TuyHoa ‘Vietnam’ 7: Demonstrators to the front
While unfit to comment on the wild student riots that dominate much of Episode 7, I think their importance is overplayed — hugely visual, of course, but overplayed.
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VIETNAM WAR- 25TH ANNIVERSARY: D.R. Howe treats the wounds of Private First Class D.A. Crum, "H" Company, 2nd Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, During Operation Hue City in Vietnam 06 February, 1968 AFP PHOTO/NATIONAL ARCHIVES (Photo credit should read NATIONAL ARCHIVES/AFP/Getty Images) Burns and Novick’s ‘Vietnam’ 6: Macabre, mostly
The sixth episode of the series shows us where the war's bloody unwinding began.
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TOPSHOT - Visitor looks the names on the wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC, May 28, 2017. Motorcyclists are in Washington for the traditional annual Rolling Thunder ahead of Memorial Day, May 29. / AFP PHOTO / Jose Luis Magana (Photo credit should read JOSE LUIS MAGANA/AFP/Getty Images) Great Powers Are Defined by Their Great Wars
Even the most rational leaders are influenced by the power of collective memory.
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dakto Burns’s ‘Vietnam’ 5: On the brink of Tet
In episode 5, Burns dives into the Tet offensive and wrestles with unrest on the home front.
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Robert_McNamara_at_a_cabinet_meeting,_22_Nov_1967 Burns’s ‘Vietnam’ 4: I think I see the point. Maybe.
T.R. Fehrenbach, in his classic book about the Korean War, says that bombs from the sky aren’t the same as boots on the ground.
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Bruce_Crandall's_UH-1D ‘Vietnam’ Episode 3: Casting the die
Episode 3 forgets how the U.S. neglected greater cooperation with South Vietnam at great cost.
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8290528771_1298f2ca6e_o ‘Vietnam’ Episode 2: There’s an iceberg ahead, but the ship speeds up
The message of this gloomy episode in the “Vietnam” min-series is that by 1963 the Vietnam War was in a downward spiral and doomed to failure no matter what else happened.
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Giap-Ho ‘Vietnam’: Episode 1 starts the clock
It would be a spoiler to describe how this episode of the Ken Burns-led ‘Vietnam’ saga begins, except to say it reflects the cinematographer’s artistry at a high level of professional competence.
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vietnam pbs Vietnam: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick take a long look at the war that took our sunshine away
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's new Vietnam War documentary is an opportunity to reexamine the noble intentions behind America's poorly executed war effort.
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20151030_Syrians_and_Iraq_refugees_arrive_at_Skala_Sykamias_Lesvos_Greece_2 What is moral injury, and how does it affect journalists covering bad stuff?
The psychologically debilitating hazards of crisis reporting impacts reporters who cover combat.
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HONG KONG - JULY 07: China's first aircraft carrier Liaoning aircraft carrier arrives on July 7, 2017 in Hong Kong, Hong Kong. China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, made a five-day port call in Hong Kong over the weekend to mark its 20th anniversary of the city's handover to Chinese rule. The military allowed 2,000 Hong Kongers aboard the only in-operation aircraft carrier of China for the first time as its been reported the presence of the carrier is a show of military force in Hong Kong, days after China President Xi Jinping warned the city against independence forces. (Photo by Keith Tsuji/Getty Images) The Week Donald Trump Lost the South China Sea
Vietnam's capitulation shows China's neighbors fear the U.S. no longer has their backs.
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ST LOUIS, MO - OCTOBER 09: Donald Trump, Jr. (R) greets his father Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the town hall debate at Washington University on October 9, 2016 in St Louis, Missouri. This is the second of three presidential debates scheduled prior to the November 8th election. (Photo by Rick Wilking-Pool/Getty Images) Is Treason Still Punishable in America Today?
Donald Trump Jr.’s actions might rise to the level of criminal conspiracy against the republic, but it probably wouldn't even matter.
