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Source: 30dB.com – Vietnam%20War-and-Ken%20Burns
The Vietnam War is a 10-episode, 18-hour production created by Burns and Lynn Novick at an estimated cost of $30 million that tracks the conflict from its early French colonial days in the 1800s through the end of American involvement in the 1970s. Each installment is available for viewing on PBS.org, and the series finale will broadcast on PBS this Thursday. Foreign Policy used the show to issue President Trump a warning/zinger about his tough talk on North Korea: “Given that he does not read books, he would be well advised to tune into the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick PBS series on the Vietnam War to see what can happen when the U.S. acts too aggressively and thereby stumbles into a ruinous war.” The Vietnam War has a 97 percent positive score among Rotten Tomatoes critics, and over the last seven days, “Vietnam War + Ken Burns” has a 66 percent positive score on Social, perhaps reflecting pushback from some vets and conservatives. One conservative blogger called it a disservice for toeing a left-wing line. –Alex Shultz
Republished from 30dB