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The Vietnam War (Ken Burns)
Posted on 9/17/17 at 7:11 pm
Posted on 9/17/17 at 7:11 pm
Episode 1 debuting now on your local )PBS station.
Anyone else in?
Anyone else in?
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Posted on 9/17/17 at 7:21 pm to Drank
is there anyway to stream it or will i have to wait until tomorrow?
Posted on 9/17/17 at 7:36 pm to deathvalleyfreak43
Posted on 9/17/17 at 7:51 pm to Drank
Le French a bunch of pussies waving the white flag to zee Germans but then want to go pick a fight with the little yella people's in Asia.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 7:55 pm to Drank
Stupid fricking French
Posted on 9/17/17 at 8:26 pm to Drank
The Ho Chi Minh friendly relationship with the Americans is very interesting.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 8:32 pm to GetCocky11
Ho and FDR were tight.
If the USA would have told the French to frick off after WWII, there is a decent chance there would have been a pro-American communist government in Vietnam.
Unfortunately, China falling to Mao and the Soviets getting nukes blew that out of the water.
If the USA would have told the French to frick off after WWII, there is a decent chance there would have been a pro-American communist government in Vietnam.
Unfortunately, China falling to Mao and the Soviets getting nukes blew that out of the water.
This post was edited on 9/17/17 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 9/17/17 at 8:35 pm to udtiger
The one American guy kinda nailed it when he said that the US incorrectly saw what happened in Vietnam with the war with the French as some sort of falling domino in the Cold War instead of the correct view of simply the fall of colonialism in Southeast Asia.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 8:39 pm to GetCocky11
Hard to argue against the falling domino thought in Vietnam, when Mao is invading Korea at the same time after endorsing HoChi.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 8:41 pm to ThatMakesSense
2nd guy from Louisiana they've interviewed in a row. Been amazing so far
Posted on 9/17/17 at 8:50 pm to beerJeep
It's not hard to understand why the Cold War politicians were freaking out about Vietnam falling to communists. Now it's like, "who cares", but they were in a different mindset back then.
Us paying for the French war is inexcusable. More likely they were only fighting because we were footing the bill.
Us paying for the French war is inexcusable. More likely they were only fighting because we were footing the bill.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:52 pm to Drank
More agenda-based slanted history garbage from Ken Burns? No thanks. Would rather watch a documentary on the history of paper clips
Posted on 9/17/17 at 9:57 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
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More agenda-based slanted history
That's horse crap. Despite his left leaning politics his documentaries are pretty straight forward.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 10:08 pm to SportsGuyNOLA
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More agenda-based slanted history garbage from Ken Burns? No thanks. Would rather watch a documentary on the history of paper clips
fricking classic the guy speaking the truth is attacked by the guy who does not know shite about history. Tonight's episode was spot on historically.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 10:14 pm to Drank
Ken Burns loves him some Peter Coyote.
Posted on 9/17/17 at 10:40 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Watching the Jeremiah Denton special on PBS, those guys in the hanoi hilton were just incredible, badasses the whole bunch
Posted on 9/18/17 at 9:23 am to SportsGuyNOLA
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More agenda-based slanted history garbage from Ken Burns? No thanks. Would rather watch a documentary on the history of paper clips
Shut up
Posted on 9/18/17 at 9:23 am to SportsGuyNOLA
Sports Guy.....evidently you have no clue regarding the history of Vietnam. Your comment is so far off base, and foolish
Maybe your brain can only comprehend watching paper clips
This is a typical Well written Ken Burns documentary
Posted on 9/18/17 at 12:29 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
It kept me watching.
Will definitely DVR the rest.
Will definitely DVR the rest.
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