Ken Burn's "The War" series starts this Sunday night

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http://www.pbs.org/thewar/

Remember that Ken Burns produced "The Civil War".

I was fortunate enough to be in Atlanta recently and attended "An Evening With Ken Burns" at the Rialto Center for the Arts. Ken Burns discussed the series and showed about an hour's worth of clips from the series. This series focuses on the human side of WWII.

Epic.

Starts this Sunday night on your local PBS channel. Great stuff. Not just for guys.

 

[Santiago]

Thanks for the heads up. The Civil War by Ken Burns is absolutely the best thing that I have ever watched on television. If you haven't read "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara which was the inspiration for the documentary, please do yourself a favor.

 

[Bob]

Ken Burns should pick another subject than war.

 

[Rudyjohn]

Ken Burns should pick another subject than war.

Well, my sentiments exactly. But I have 2 males in my house that are just ecstatic about this series.

 

[seal]

Ken Burns should pick another subject than war.

Like baseball, jazz, Mark Twain, the Brooklyn Bridge, Huey Long, Lewis and Clark, or more?

http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/

I respect your opinion.

Our, America's, wars have defined us as a nation.

Just watched the first episode tonight. Wow.

 

[jack S]

I watched parts of it last night. This probably should be presented in schools as part of world history. It is too depressing to watch entirely, but I am drawn back to it, in honor of my Dad and ALL the others who saved the world and are truly the great generation!

 

[TNJed]

Ken Burns re-invented historical documentaries. His Civil War series is amazing to say the least.

I cannot remember who said it from that series, maybe it was Shelby Foote, but they said, and I'm obviously paraphrasing, "One simply cannot understand the society of Americans today without first understanding the Civil War."

I believe the same can be said about WWII and it's influence on world society. I don't think Ken Burns has done too much on the history of these wars. I think we have paid too little attention to history.

 

[Bob]

Like baseball, jazz, Mark Twain, the Brooklyn Bridge, Huey Long, Lewis and Clark, or more?

http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/

I respect your opinion.

Our, America's, wars have defined us as a nation.

Just watched the first episode tonight. Wow.

I watched last night the first hour. My little league coach survived the Bataan march. I have another friend whose father survived the same march and was shipped to Japan to work in the copper mines as a slave. It's too depressing to rehash the biggest war of a war filled century. Sadly, this next century continues the proud tradition. I could not be more anti-war. War is worse than crime. It's organized barbarism whose cure exceeds the proposed reason for it's existence.

 

[elgordoboy]

Thanks for the heads up. The Civil War by Ken Burns is absolutely the best thing that I have ever watched on television. If you haven't read "The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara which was the inspiration for the documentary, please do yourself a favor.

I second the rec on "The Killer Angels" it really fired me up for history. I sometimes buy copies and give them away. Not right now of course

 

[scooterbug44]

I watched last night the first hour. My little league coach survived the Bataan march. I have another friend whose father survived the same march and was shipped to Japan to work in the copper mines as a slave. It's too depressing to rehash the biggest war of a war filled century. Sadly, this next century continues the proud tradition. I could not be more anti-war. War is worse than crime. It's organized barbarism whose cure exceeds the proposed reason for it's existence.

I'm definitely not a fan of war, but it is an integral and important part of our history. Hopefully documentaries like the one that started this thread can help impress upon people how awful and terrible war really is and prevent future conflicts.