These are some of the many reviews of
this 18.5 hour series. Some are published in the mainstream press,
many others are posted in alternative sites. Some of the most incisive are from
Veterans of that war.
I welcome any additions and comments,
Walter Teague
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Reviews of
The Vietnam War PBS Series sorted by date of publication. |
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My No. |
Title |
Author |
Publication |
Date |
Comments |
Link |
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2 |
Rev.
Martin Luther King, Jr. – April 4, 1967 – Beyond Vietnam: A Time To Break
Silence |
MLK
Jr |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
1967.04.04 |
His
full speech |
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5 |
The
Antiwar Movement We Are Supposed to Forget |
H.
BRUCE FRANKLIN |
Internet
Archive Wayback Machine |
2000.10.20 |
Reprint
from Chronicle.com |
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7 |
Honor
the Vietnamese, Not Those Who Killed Them |
Michael
D. Yates |
Monthly
Review |
2015.05 |
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8 |
The
Young Ho Chi Minh |
Ian
Birchall |
Jacobin |
2015.09.30 |
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23 |
Ken
Burns and Lynn Novick: Vietnam’s Unhealed Wounds |
Ken
Burns and Lynn Novick |
The
New York Times |
2017.05.29 |
Their
editorial. |
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29 |
Comments on PBS Vietnam Series |
Bill Zimmerman |
Vietnam
Peace Commemorative Committee Blogsopt.com |
2017.07.30 |
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24 |
Ken Burns’ VIETNAM WAR - Limits of 18 hours |
Jim Laurie |
Huffingtonpost.com |
2017.08/04 |
Points out Cambodia missing. |
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27 |
America’s
amnesia |
Thomas
A. Bass |
Vietnam
Peace Commemorative Committee, Blogsopt.com originally on MekongReview.org |
2017.08.05 |
Excellent
detailed overview of the War and critique of the VNW series |
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28 |
Ken
Burn’s American Cannon |
Ian
Parker |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure, originally at TheNewYorker.com |
2017.09.11 |
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15 |
"Nothing
found here!" |
(Web
site index) |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
2017.09.14 |
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4 |
The
Vietnam War, a documentary |
Christian
G. Appy |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure originally ProcessHistory.org |
2017.09.15 |
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21 |
‘The
Vietnam War’ Is the Documentary I’ve Been Waiting for as a Vietnamese Refugee
and an American Citizen |
Hanh
Nguyen |
IndieWire |
2017.09.15 |
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|
1 |
“Winning the Hearts and
Minds of the People!” |
Walter
Teague |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
2017.09.15 |
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3 |
“Déjà
Vu” (1858-1961) The Vietnam War, Episode 1 |
Christian
Appy |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure, originally processhistory.org |
2017.09.18 |
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9 |
The Insidious Ideology of Ken Burns’s The Vietnam War |
Alex Shephard
|
New
Republic |
2017.09.19 |
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6 |
Lessons
not learned: The Vietnamese experience in the Vietnam War |
Ben
Sears |
www.peoplesworld.org |
2017.09.19 |
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22 |
Ken
Burns' New Vietnam War Series Teaches a Flawed, Misleading Lesson |
Jerry
Lembcke |
Alternet |
2017.09.19 |
With
many comments. |
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17 |
“The
Vietnam War” – Documentary Or Epic Of Fiction? |
|
worldbeyondwar.org |
2017.09.20 |
From
Moon Over Alabama |
|
|
10 |
Allan
Greene Facebook review |
Allan
Greene |
Facebook |
2017.09.20 |
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|
32 |
Burns and Novick’s Vietnam War: Doesn’t Give Peace Movement a Chance |
Maurice Isserman |
Portside, originally on Dissent Magazine earlier |
2017.09.20 |
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|
11 |
Ken
Burns' Vietnam Gives Corporate Sponsors Little to Worry About |
Frank
Joyce |
LA
Progressive |
2017.09.20 |
From
Alternet. Good analysis |
|
|
53 |
PBS'
'Vietnam War' Tells Some Truths |
Don
North |
consortiumnews.com |
2017.09.20 |
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|
12 |
Ken
Burns Vietnam Documentary? Or Should I Watch Game of Thrones Again? |
Bruce
Dixon |
Black
Agenda Report |
2017.09.21 |
Radio
transcript |
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|
20 |
The
Vietnam War’: Ken Burns Reveals Why John McCain Wasn’t Interviewed for the
POW Section of the Documentary |
Hanh
Nguyen |
IndieWire |
2017.09.21 |
On
Episode 5. |
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|
13 |
13.
The Killing of History |
John
Pilger |
Organizing
Notes |
2017.09.21 |
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|
14 |
Ideology
as History: a Critical Commentary on Burns and Novick’s
“The Vietnam War” |
Chuck
O'Connell |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure originall in Counterpunch.org |
2017.09.22 |
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|
|
19 |
Anti-Vietnam
War Activists Comment on Burns’ Sentimental Lies About Vietnam |
Lemisch; Gehan; Collins; McReynolds; Mirelowitz; Young |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
2017.09.23 |
Repost
from Portside |
|
|
44 |
The
Vietnam War, Revisited, Letters |
Donald
P. Gregg, and others |
New
York Times, Review, Letters Section |
2017.09.23 |
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|
|
18 |
Vietnam
speaks out on US documentary TV series ‘The Vietnam War’ |
Vietnam's
Foreign Ministry |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
2017.09.23 |
Reprint |
|
|
16 |
Burns/Novick [Index of Vietnam Full Disclosure] |
Ken
Burns and Lynn Novick |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
2017.09.24 |
My
comment is posted there at: http://tinyurl.com/y88ka9ss |
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39 |
There
Is No Rehabilitating the Vietnam War |
Robert
Freeman |
www.commondreams.org
|
2017.09.24 |
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25 |
The
Vietnam War as Public Spectacle |
John
Grant |
Counterpunch |
2017.09.25 |
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|
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26 |
Obfuscating
the Truths of Vietnam |
S.
Brian Willson |
Counterpunch |
2017.09.25 |
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|
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37 |
Cold War then, Cold War now |
William Blum |
The Anti-Empire Report #151 |
2017.09.26 |
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34 |
EPISODE SEVEN “THE VENEER OF CIVILIZATION |
Doug Rawlings |
Doug
Rawlings Facebook page |
2017.09.26 |
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35 |
JFK
Had Ordered Full Withdrawal from Vietnam: Solid Evidence |
James
K. Galbraith |
Who.What.Why |
2017.09.26 |
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|
|
33 |
Selling a Bill of Goods on PBS about the Vietnam War |
Howard Lisnoff |
Mendo Coast Current |
2017.09.26 |
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41 |
Burns/Novick IX |
Jesse
Lemisch |
Facebook |
2017.09.27 |
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46
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STONY
BROOKERS, YALE, AND KENT STATE |
MITCHEL
COHEN |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
2017.09.27 |
|
|
|
36 |
Viet
Nam: The Day Our War Began Vietnam |
Lady
Borton |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
2017.09.27 |
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30 |
Why
Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Are Too Hard on
Anti-Vietnam War Protesters |
Jim
Sleeper |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
2017.09.27 |
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42 |
My
Own Opinion of "The Vietnam War |
John
McAuliff |
"
http://vnpeacecomm.blogspot.com/ |
2017.09.27 |
Post
at Vietnam Peace Commemoration Committee |
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|
31 |
Burns/Novick Category |
(Editors) |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
… |
Up
to date postings on this web site. |
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40 |
Daniel Ellsberg: “I think there were some
major omissions that are quite fundamental that disturbed me quite a bit,
although the overall thing is very impressive.” |
By
Peter O’Dowd |
Vietnam
Full Disclosure |
2017.09.28 |
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45 |
“A Disrespectful Loyalty” (May 1970-March 1973) and “The Weight of Memory” (March 1973 onward) |
Christian G. Appy |
Vietnam Full Disclosure, Originally appeared at processhistory.org |
2017.09.30 |
A good summary. |
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48 |
Comments |
Cat McGuire |
|
2017.09.30 |
“I sent this to a friend who's a leftist, ..." |
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43 |
Ken Burns’ Vietnam War: An Object Lesson in the Failures
of the Objective Lens |
Reed Richardson |
2017.10.01
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Originally on Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) 2017.09.28 |
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51 |
Overlooking My Lai |
Lady Borton |
Vietnam Full Disclosure |
2017.10.01 |
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50 |
Reflections On The Vietnam War and The Ken Burns/PBS Series |
John Ketwig |
Our Hidden History |
2017-10-01 |
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49 |
The Purposeful Killing of Civilians in War: Voices From Vietnam |
Mike Hastie |
Vietnam Full Disclosure |
2017.10.01 |
Originally on Counterpunch.org |
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52 |
THE TRAGIC FAILURE OF KEN BURNS VIETNAM |
Christopher Koch |
Vietnam Full Disclosure |
2017-10-01 |
Originally appeared at chriskockmedia.com |
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The reviews continue, but from here on, I will stop adding to this initial list. Recommend you visit the sites listed. Walter Teague |
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