American filmmakers Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s extraordinary 18hour documentary about the Vietnam War is online. It tells and proves a very different story than the traditional version.
For example: In 1968, during the Tet Offensive, when the United States prevailed but faced unseen power, ruler Ho Chi Minh and legendary General Giap were in virtual exile. Giap was in Hungary and Ho spent some time in China. The boss was the general secretary of the Communist Party, the indomitable Le Duan, a faceless man.
For those shocked by what happened to the Yanomami in the Amazon, it is worth remembering that one of the most touching moments in Burns and Novick’s documentary is Bill Ehrhart’s testimony. He was a young Marine and said he killed people, both combatants and civilians. A single episode tormented him.
It was the memory of the young woman with whom he had had a sexual relationship against Essen. As he recalled the scene, he had to think of his mother, wife and daughters.
Sex is the currency of the gold diggers among young Yanomami.
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