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Old 10th Oct 2017, 16:57
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The treatment was better than I expected. Ken Burns does better when he has actual film to work with.


For my money, I think the piece makes Lyndon Johnson look like more of a victim than a President. I don't think Johnson ever understood the North Vietnamese leadership and that they could not be dealt with like a recalcitrant Congressman with threats and pressure. There was almost no mention of the handcuffing and micromanagement of the armed forces coming from the Johnson White House.
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