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After each episode of the vietnam war airs, our new podcast the american war will break down the major themes and questions raised. Sep 21, 2017 after each episode of the vietnam war airs, our new podcast the american war will break down the major themes and questions raised. The civil war, the awardwinning film by ken burns, airs from september 711, at 9. The war, directed by ken burns, was a sevenpart documentary series broadcast on pbs television in 2007, focusing on the experiences of american soldiers in world war ii. With david mccullough, shelby foote, barbara fields, daisy turner. The script is by geoffrey ward, and the series is narrated by peter coyote. Sep 22, 2017 ken burns and lynn novick talk about episode 5 of the vietnam war, and the racist attitudes both acknowledged and not that fueled the conflict. The war, season 1 episode 5, is available to watch and stream on pbs. The civil war, episode 5 by ken burns overdrive rakuten. As the students are viewing this episode, they are also asked. In this work, ken burns brought history to life, made the war as understandable as possible, and transmitted the pathos, the honour, the horror, the vileness, and the humanity of the thing.
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