The Vietnam War’s biggest flaw is its “many sides” approach to history

The New Republic

The flaw in Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s documentary — and in Burns’ past work on The Civil War — is that it is too evenhanded, says Alex Shephard. “In their ostentatious rejection of ideology,” he says, “they have sneakily put forth their own: that these rival perspectives are of equal value. It is an ideology that is increasingly out of step with our times.”