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A 10-part documentary by Ken Burns (and Lynn Novick) is currently airing on PBS. Fortunately it's available on-line since I've missed every broadcast episode.
It's really well done, though a painful reminder of a difficult time in our country's history. I was a precocious teenager at the height of the war and I've never lost interest in it. Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest is one of the best accounts of the origins of the war. This work by Burns and Novick is excellent and I highly recommend it.
I traveled to Hanoi a few years back and had a chance to see "Uncle Ho" on display. He's well-preserved. A little known (to me) trivia from the program: Ho Chi Minh was once a pastry chef at a Boston hotel.
It's really well done, though a painful reminder of a difficult time in our country's history. I was a precocious teenager at the height of the war and I've never lost interest in it. Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest is one of the best accounts of the origins of the war. This work by Burns and Novick is excellent and I highly recommend it.
I traveled to Hanoi a few years back and had a chance to see "Uncle Ho" on display. He's well-preserved. A little known (to me) trivia from the program: Ho Chi Minh was once a pastry chef at a Boston hotel.
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