Way better than expected
Military history buffs like myself will really like this DVD about the Vietnam War. I learned things I didn't know about the War that surprised me. With Charlton Heston narrating I expected a 'hawk version' of events as in "We(the US)didn't lose the War we just weren't allowed to win it" which may very well be true. But instead, the documentary was very well balanced in its presentation of both sides of the war and it showed the ignorance and arrogance of the Gov'ts on both sides of the conflict. The DVD has no CC/subtitles but one great thing about 'Chuck Heston', he is an awesome speaker on film! I highly recommend this DVD and the other ones in the Secrets of War series.
Well done, better than a typical war movie
I had seen other videos on the war and they were mostly standard videos from the American perspective with the addition of a few personal stories from troops. This has a section on Ho's life and you get a very interesting story from his side too.
You can get all 65 Episodes For a Little More
Just a heads up, you can get the complete run of this show (65 episodes covering a lot more then just Vietnam) for about twice the price of this 5 episode set.
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