Binge watched the whole thing over the past few days

It was much better than I thought it would be, probably the second best documentary I've ever seen. I think the weaknesses it had were inevitable, it was a documentary made by and for Americans - so the American tragedy bit was over-emphasized. Having said that, there was a lot more of the Vietnamese viewpoint than I've seen before.
In terms of the interviewees, I think it's a shame that they didn't have McCain & Kerry - I wonder if they tried?
I thought the politicos were presented well - JFK clearly wasn't going to get the US out. Nixon's unremitting self-interest is astonishing. LBJ came out of it better than I thought he would - I reckon if there had been no Vietnam War he might be regarded as the greatest President ever.
In the end 10 hours isn't long enough to do all the different strands of the story justice - which is why I think "The World At War" is superior.
Still a hell of a piece of work though.

Posted By: Bryan Salad Surgery on October 26th 2017 at 12:33:11

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Talking of shit from the past. I'm watching the Vietnam War (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 26, 11:07:20
- Great Programmes about sadly important (and recent) history.... (General Chat) - Saucerer, Oct 26, 17:29:33
- War.......... (General Chat) - usacanary, Oct 26, 17:18:57
- Binge watched the whole thing over the past few days (General Chat) - Bryan Salad Surgery, Oct 26, 12:33:11
  - as per woody v v v (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Oct 26, 16:46:05
  - Apparently the BBC 10 hour version is cut. The full version is 18 hours long. Really wish (General Chat) - woody, Oct 26, 13:15:45
- Lyndon Johnson told the nation, Tom Paxton (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Oct 26, 11:57:16
  - My favourite (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 26, 12:11:56
    - I ain't marching anymore (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Oct 26, 12:31:29
- Was headline news and covered at the start of every TV news programme (General Chat) - Claygate_Canary, Oct 26, 11:53:14
- I've been watching that too, it's powerful stuff. (General Chat) - bird table, Oct 26, 11:12:12
  - oh yeah, and it reminded me what an utter piece of vile shit (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 26, 11:21:31
  - The interviews with the vets are the most powerful. One last night was (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 26, 11:19:36
- I've heard good things about those docos. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Oct 26, 11:10:59
  - 4.1 Miles is a more recent example of the genre (General Chat) - Tombs, Oct 26, 12:22:44
  - Fucking Ken Burns intut? (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Oct 26, 11:27:35
  - I find them fucking amazing. That jaw dropping bit for me is that (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 26, 11:17:19
    - You might have found you had bone spurs in your foot so could have dodged it (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Oct 26, 11:23:27
      - It's amazing what a high proportion of wealthy families had faulty kids about that time. (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Oct 26, 11:50:33
        
        The Yanks weren't alone in that. Apparently the kids of most (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 26, 12:03:46
        
        I liked McCain's recent take on it (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Oct 26, 11:54:51
        
        Ha yeah (n/m) (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 26, 12:02:07
      - I'd have needed something like that. Canada was a lot further for (General Chat) - CB41, Oct 26, 11:26:22

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