I’ve been watching the Vietnam HD miniseries on the History channel since yesterday. It’s been really riveting with the way they intertwine the personal histories. Also cool: how they had different voice actors read parts of the interview with the people. At first I didn’t get it and it tends to chop up the flow of the story but when it’s combined with the footage it really transports you to the past.
It’s also funny how I will learn about a thing from the television but not from either of my parents. To be fair I’ve heard most of their stories about it and how my dad “just missed” it (I don’t know how accurate that is) but I’m more interested in what happened over there and not here.
Can anyone recommend a good book on Vietnam?
(Source: gogreyhound)
