Vietnam War in Film & History

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This course examines two differently ways of constructing the past, one by historians, the other by filmmakers. We willexamine the origins of American involvement in Vietnam, and the course of the conflict from the late 1950s throughdisengagement in 1973. At the same time, we will watch films that illustrate the evolving way that the war has beenrepresented between 1968 and 1989.