The American War
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Episode 10: “Let it be.”
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Posted Sep 29, 2017 at 12:00 am.
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“The Vietnam War” begins with Henry Kissinger’s call to put Vietnam behind us. It ends with the Beatles’ “Let It Be.” Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explain the difference, and how the painful lessons of the Vietnam era can help us today.
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