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Making History Safe Again: What Ken Burns Gets Wrong About Vietnam
Vietnam was not a "tragic misunderstanding" but a campaign of "imperial aggression."
by
Christian G. Appy
,
Patrick Lawrence
via
Salon
on
October 15, 2017
‘The Vietnam War’: Past All Reason
The new series by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick is mesmerizing. But it doesn’t answer key questions about the Vietnam War.
by
Andrew J. Bacevich
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The Nation
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September 19, 2017
The Insidious Ideology of Ken Burns’s The Vietnam War
Burns and co-director Lynn Novick take a "many sides" approach to history at a time when "many sides" is a tool of obfuscation.
by
Alex Shepard
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The New Republic
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September 19, 2017
Episode-by-Episode Reviews: "The Vietnam War"
Watching Ken Burns' latest epic with a historian who has written extensively about the war.
by
Christian G. Appy
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Process: A Blog for American History
on
September 18, 2017
Burns and Novick, Masters of False Balancing
In promoting healing instead of a search for truth, “The Vietnam War” offers misleading comforts.
by
Jerry Lembcke
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Public Books
on
September 15, 2017
Ken Burns’s American War
The filmmaker wants ‘The Vietnam War’ to unite America. Can anyone do that under Trump?
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Alyssa Rosenberg
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Washington Post
on
September 14, 2017
What’s So Bad About Ken Burns?
The modern historical profession's purpose has changed drastically in the past century.
by
Jonathan Zimmerman
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
on
October 3, 2017
The Ken Burns Vietnam War Documentary Glosses Over Devastating Civilian Toll
The PBS series by Burns focuses on soldiers' stories, with scant attention to the immense number of Vietnamese civilians who suffered and died.
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Nick Turse
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The Intercept
on
September 28, 2017
Ken Burns's American Canon
Even in a fractious era, the filmmaker still believes that his documentaries can bring every viewer in.
by
Ian Parker
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The New Yorker
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September 4, 2017
Ken Burns' New Documentary Exposes the Emotion Behind the Vietnam War
An interview with the filmmakers.
by
Ken Burns
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Lynn Novick
,
Ryan Bort
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Newsweek
on
September 2, 2017
The Forever War Over War Literature
A post-9/11 veteran novelist explores a post-Vietnam literary soiree gone bad, and finds timeless lessons about a contentious and still-evolving genre.
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Matt Gallagher
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The New Republic
on
July 17, 2020
Exceptional Victims
The resistance to the Vietnam War was the most diverse and dynamic antiwar movement in U.S. history. We have all but forgotten it today.
by
Christian G. Appy
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Boston Review
on
January 26, 2018
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Why Americans Still Can’t Move Past Vietnam
Not only can we not shake the memories of Vietnam, but they still shape our foreign policy debates.
by
David Kieran
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Made by History
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October 10, 2017
The Vietnam War Transcript Trump Needs to Read
The PBS documentary on America’s most futile conflict is missing one explosive document. Every president should absorb its chilling lessons.
by
Jeff Greenfield
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Politico Magazine
on
September 27, 2017
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