Winter 2018 issue

Providence Issue 10 Winter 2018 Cover Vietnam War

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This issue includes…

Just War & National Honor: The Case of Vietnam
by Eric Patterson

Burns & Novick’s The Vietnam War: Critical Reviews
by Mackubin Owens, Lewis Sorley, & Mark Moyar

and more…

Articles in this issue

Burns and Novick’s The Vietnam War is Profoundly and Fundamentally Wrong
Burns and Novick’s The Vietnam War is Profoundly and Fundamentally Wrong

From my perspective the Ken Burns and Lynn Novick production of “The Vietnam War” had but one objective: to reinforce the standard anti-war narrative that the Vietnam War was unwinnable, illegal, immoral, and ineptly conducted by the allies from start to finish.

What Ken Burns Omits From The Vietnam War

Although Burns and Novick don’t besmirch veterans as flagrantly, their misrepresentation of the war and its warriors has reopened old wounds. It’s not just Vietnam veterans’ reputations at stake; how we view this war shapes how we view ourselves as Americans.