HIST 401: Senior Seminar- Vietnam Wars: Secondary Sources

Filmmaker Barbara Sonneborn makes a pilgrimage to the Vietnamese countryside where her husband died. She explores the meaning of war and loss on a human level and weaves interviews with Vietnamese and American widows into a vivid testament to the legacy of war.

2-discs. Presents the history behind the longest, most controversial war in modern history. Using film clips shot by both sides and seen through the eyes of policymakers and combat veterans, the programs reexamine without blame or judgment the rise and fall of America's twenty five year commitment to the war in Vietnam.