Vietnam: American Holocaust (2008)
VIETNAM: AMERICAN HOLOCAUST exposes one of the worst cases of sustained mass slaughter in history, carefully planned and executed by presidents of both parties. Our dedicated generals and foot soldiers, knowingly or unknowingly, killed nearly 5 million people, on an almost unimaginable scale, mostly using incendiary bombs. Vietnam has never left our national consciousness, and now, in this time, it has more relevance than ever. Claiborne documents the Whitehouse fabrication of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, and further, raises the question of whether JFK was assassinated to promote the Vietnam War. Martin Sheen, who played the leading role in Apocalypse Now almost 30 years ago, has generously lent his powerful voice to this actual history of the War in Vietnam.
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These army vets... Or at least the one that wrote a review bitched about the bias... There was no bias. It simply showed the utterly derisive attitude the U.S. troops showed towards these people. Beasts with weapons that killed civilians with every tool of war possible. tortured and raped children and women. How is that bias? Are we supposed to defend such behavior? Even if Vietnam was in a control struggle, even being oppressed——all we did was come in and make it much, MUCH WORSE.You want a non-bias document of the war? It'll be just as bad or worse than this. Killing people is inexcusable, especially the innocent on their own land and in their homes. Go make excuses for your demonic actions somewhere else. Like hell.
I must say as a Vietnam Veteran who has been back to Vietnam three times since the war that I was not able to get through such one sided propaganda. It shows only one side of the the conflict. It portrays the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong as freedom fighters but fails to mention that they had no broad support among the people of South Vietnam. Americans are portrayed as abject villains. Today South Vietnam is ruled almost entirely by Communists from the North. The country has made great strides since the fall of the Soviet Union and I am pleased to say that it is much better than it was 20 years ago. But it still is a police state and the people of South Vietnam fear the government over which they have no control. Compare Vietnam of today with South Korea where our efforts were successful and there is a vibrant, prosperous democracy. If you are interested in the truth, this is not for you.
This documentary is a very cogent presentation, relevant to today as much as to then. Claiborn makes a judicious use of flashback news segments, unlike some documentaries that I have watched, which overuse such clips and segments. An interesting account of the Viet Nam war, very informative, like the news you never got but wish you did! It has the feel of really being there; the filmmaker Claiborn must have spent much time there gathering information and a film library from which to cull shots... And the choice of Martin Sheen for narrator works well as a recognized voice, adds to the feel of an authoritative account of events.
It is a great documentary about Vietnam War. This film is the good evidence to awake people up not to create cruel crimes mentioned in that film anywhere on the earth. The film recalled the Vietnam old generation about the terrible time of the war and gave the young generations chances to know more about the Vietnam war. The film awakes Americans up: One people should not do those things with other people! I watched the Vietnam: American Holocaust and also discussed with the people who watched it. They all said that they highly estimated the film. Especially the film mentioned the historical roots about the American involvement in The Vietnam War. I would like to give my thanks to director Clay Claiborne.