Thus the us had joined what is today a tencentury war between europeans and muslims. The ten thousand day war new edition by maclear, michael isbn. The series was released on videocassette format by embassy and won a national education association award for best world documentary. The book is definitely fascinating and was written after the war ended, giving it a retrospective feel. The series aired in canada on cbc television, in the united states and in the united kingdom on channel 4. The thousanddays war the name thousand days war was because it lasted 1. Hampton roads naval museum makes final preparations prior to. The series was released on videocassette format by embassy. It was conceived by michael maclear, a canadian broadcast journalist and film maker, who had spent some time in north vietnam during the war. Like charlton and moncrieffs many reasons why 1979, maclears documentary history of the vietnam war is based on interviews and statements by participants, and taken from a tv series. Roosevelts fireside chat of 29 december 1940, he defended his decision to materially support great britains war against the axis, intoning, we must be the great arsenal of democracy. Thats the name of a 1980 documentary series about vietnam. Michael maclear 1929 december 25, 2018 was an awardwinning anglo canadian. During the bombing campaign, where the us drops four times as many bombs as it dropped during the entirety.
In the book, general piotrowski also said former secretary of state dean rusk said, all we wanted to do is demonstrate to the north vietnamese leadership that we could strike targets at will, but. Vietnam war dvds, mp4 video downloads, mpg videos on. Vietnam the ten thousand day war 03 of days of decision l. Being at war for 30 years, the people of the north develop a guerrilla society. Written by pulitzer prize winning cnn correspondent peter arnett, vietnam.
The ten thousand day war complete part tv documentary series on the vietnam war. As a student who already knew a good bit about the war, it deepened my knowledge, particulary in the french war in indochina and americas involvement in it. Maclear visited vietnam during the production of the series and had access to film material there. Written by pulitzer prize winning reporter peter arnett who won his pulitzer for his mid 60s coverage of that very war and narrated with an. The ten thousand day war the village war 10 by the.
British audiences saw the series during channel 4s 198485 season. At bletchley park, the main site in britain where enigma codes were deciphered, six thousand messages were decoded every day by a staff of ten thousand men and women. The real story behind the longest, most controversial war in modern history. A premeditated strategy or an inexorable drift to war. The ten thousand day war is an almost twelvehour documentary about the history of vietnam from the end of. Download vietnam the ten thousand day war 1980, complete torrent or any other torrent from category. Veteran foreign correspondent michael maclear created this series, which covers three decades of conflict. The ten thousand day war is a very straightforward, to a fault, 26episode series that covers key events of the nearly 20 year conflict in 25minute installments. Everyone is a combatant and a member of the army or the citizen militia. The ten thousand day war, a 26part canadian television documentary on the vietnam war, was produced in 1980 by michael maclear the documentary series was consolidated into hourlong episodes for american television syndication. Many of the messages were inconsequential, but more than a few were critical to the outcome of the war.
The ninth volume of the ten thousand day war covers north vietnamese society at war. Known as historys first living room war, the vietnam conflict is presented in this nearly 10hour documentary with clarity,authority, and insight, complete on 2 dvds. The documentary series was consolidated into hourlong episodes for american television syndication. The tenthousand day war is a comprehensive, balanced look at the vietnam war, tracing the entire course of the conflict, from the closing days of world war ii to the fall of saigon in 1975. Original cinematography edward higginson film editors raymond belanger, oliver manton, richard unruh, robert wylam original music cameron hawkins, pete pedersen writer and interviewer peter. The ten thousand day war, a 26part canadian television documentary on the vietnam war, was produced in 1980 by michael maclear. Commemorating this, the marine corps hymn famously contains the words to the shores of tripoli, in libya, a reference to the barbary wars. Anderson, anthony astuccio, peter braestrup, george r. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. A comprehensive history of the american stage of the vietnam war. The basic conflict behind the war was the conflict between liberals and conservatives, so it was an ideological war as opposed to a regional one, and it. If the tenthousand day war started on a wednesday, on. Made for canadian television in 1980 and later syndicated to american stations, vietnam. Released five years after tools critically acclaimed 2001 album, lateralus, 10,000 days debuted at no.
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