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Ken Burns Vietnam is on tonight, Sunday (Original Post)
Beringia
Sep 2017
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left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)1. Yep
Been waiting for it.
I'm interested in hearing from the Vietnamese perspective.
BigmanPigman
(51,632 posts)2. Yeah, thanks for reminding me!
Beringia
(4,316 posts)3. You are welcome, I almost forgot myself
GreenPartyVoter
(72,381 posts)5. Yes, thank you!
lindysalsagal
(20,733 posts)4. Thanks. It was never discussed in school. Too controversial.
Not going to be fun, I realize.
lastlib
(23,308 posts)6. I have vivid memories of Stanley Karnow's version in the eraly 80s....
...and have read his book. Will be interested to see how Burns' compares!
no_hypocrisy
(46,202 posts)7. Woodrow Wilson refused to meet with Ho Chi Mingh in 1919, asking for
independence from France.
LeftInTX
(25,565 posts)8. I just learned about that last week