8.8
346 votes
PBS 2017
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Going into this documentary I had very little knowledge about Vietnam. I knew it went poorly for the US, but I didn't even know the outcome. The series started with a historical summary of the colonial period. Then the war begins. With every episode, the reality gets sadder. My disbelief kept growing. The US leadership making one mistake after the other, while South Vietnam was being consumed by greedy and corrupt politicians. The common people kept dying and the leadership kept pumping more of them into the meatgrinder. I was waiting with every episode for things to finally change for the better, but it kept getting worse and worse. To call this war a tragedy is an understatement.
Very well done. So much I didn't know and worst yet, so much that was kept out of PQ at that time because of... translation..?
Very interesting so far, I was very young when this was happening but I do remember seeing this on the news.
