- Network: Netflix
- Series Premiere Date: Apr 30, 2025
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Turning Point: The Vietnam War is a thoughtful, meticulous and considered examination of the U.S.’s involvement in Vietnam and how it changed how we saw our government.
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All told, Knappenberger’s approach applies much-needed but heretofore scarcely presented doses of cynicism to America’s motivations for prosecuting and escalating this war. Brutally candid conversations with veterans and historians take center stage, but so do interviews with people who fought with the National Liberation Front.
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Knappenberger lays out the pertinent aspects more comprehensively than the Apple TV+ series did and in a less plodding manner than Burns. “Turning Point: The Vietnam War,” may be dense with information, yet is edited and delivered in a manner that feels fleet while still getting the job done.