The Vietnam War: A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

The Vietnam War: 

A film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick

The Vietnam War is a controversial topic for the Baby Boomer generation and it will never be settled one way or the other -- it is a mixture of viewpoints, on the War, and on politics and social issues; at the root of our political divide.

They say old men send young men into war; and, so it was back then, the Greatest Generation sent their children, the Boomers, into a conflict perceived one way by the older generation that had fought "the Good War (WWII)" but with the drawing out of the Vietnam War year after year it became apparent that this was not going to be a good war. A war that was lost although American combat troops never lost one major battle (and I don't think any minor battles).

This is a period that is indicative of a generation split. The Greatest Generation was a very cohesive generation, exceptional by contrast with most prior American generations, especially in politics, having come through two momentous events, the Great Depression and WWII, with a good degree of agreeableness to move forward on a lot of issues facing the nation. The Boomers have much less cohesiveness, more like what resembles most American generations, and it is reflected in our culture and inability for major accomplishments. That baton for progress was dropped by the Boomers when it was passed off by the Greatest Generation.