Word: conflict
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...History heralds what may be the best historical documentary yet televised. And so it should be, for Vietnam was America's first televised war. Aired on Tuesday nights at 9:00 (Channel 2) from October 4 to December 20. Vietnam offers a vivid and unprecedented account of the Indochinese conflict...
...though the series must have been a monumental task alone--with over 100 hours of footage from thousands of different sources to piece together--the cutting is clean, well paced and unnoticeable. Cinena Verise, Vietnam uses some very disturbing films and will undoubtedly become more graphically violent as the conflict progresses...
...says the series gives the last word: rather it should hopefully stimulate further study of particular issues regarding the conflict. Though a crucial history very pertinent to events today, few people have actually tried to learn about Vietnam by themselves. Vietnam's most important result may be to encourage people to be more informed and aware of the issues at stake right now in places like Afghanistan, Lebanon, Angola and El Salvador...
...interview at the half, Flynn said that "many people have made up their minds," and added that he was conflict to continue putting forth his "issues and positions" in the final days...
Potentially one of the richest nations in Africa, Angola's 7 million people are saddled with the mixed blessings of oil, rich diamond fields and Marx. But the 17-year conflict with the South African-backed guerrillas of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), led by Jonas Savimbi, is bleeding government coffers. Although Angolan officials refuse to reveal how much of the national budget is spent on the military, Western diplomats put the figure at 25%. Forty percent or more of Angola's foreign currency earnings are used to pay for military equipment, while...