“Déjà Vu” (1858-1961) The Vietnam War, Episode 1
This article originally appeared at processhistory.org. By Christian Appy. Civilians huddle together after an attack by South Vietnamese forces. Dong Xoai, June 1965. Courtesy of AP/Horst Faas This...
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This article originally appeared at processhistory.org. By Christian Appy. In this episode, the documentary focuses on a two-year period (1961–1963). First, however, Burns and Novick take us to 1967...
View Article“The River Styx” (January 1964-December 1965) and “Resolve” (January...
This article originally appeared at processhistory.org. By Christian Appy. Episodes 3 and 4 take us from the early days of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency in 1964, when there were 20,000 U.S. troops in...
View Article“This Is What We Do” (July-December 1967) and “Things Fall Apart”...
This article originally appeared at Processhistory.org. By Christian G. Appy. Photo Courtesy of Bettman/Getty Images. Halfway through The Vietnam War marathon, now may be a good time to ask ourselves...
View Article“The Veneer of Civilization” (June 1968-May 1969) and “The History of the...
This article originally appeared at Processhistory.org. By Christian G. Appy. Midway through Episode 7 of The Vietnam War, Karl Marlantes, a Vietnam veteran in his early seventies, reads an...
View Article“A Disrespectful Loyalty” (May 1970-March 1973) and “The Weight of Memory”...
This article originally appeared at processhistory.org. By Christian G. Appy. As we cross the finish line of The Vietnam War marathon, I want to offer some thoughts about the documentary as a whole....
View ArticleWhat Was the Vietnam War About?
Photo: A group of South Vietnamese army soldiers and an American soldier with two captured Vietcong suspects, in Plaines des Joncs, South Vietnam. Credit:Tim Page/Corbis, via Getty Images . This...
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