72. The Vietnam War

“Max Hastings makes this argument in his recent book on the Vietnam War, which is a fantastic book, that the US basically, one of the big mistakes the US made was just taking over the French role in Vietnam in 1954.”

“Dominic Sandbrook discusses his series 'Adventures in Time', aimed at children, which includes narratives about the Second World War and the six wives of Henry the Eighth.”

“A book mentioned in the context of discussing revisionist accounts of the Vietnam War, suggesting it argued that the war was justified.”

“Fred Logevill has a book called Choosing War where he argues that it was a common misconception that it was Kennedy's fault, and that Johnson deliberately chose war due to insecurity and the Kennedy legacy.”