![]() One of those enduring influences, as you wrote recently, was the impact on the media and war reporting. It’s an opportunity to try to be truthful, to really take a measure of what happened. It’s also an important war to think about in relation to our present and our future, not just our past. ![]() Whether it’s the public’s view of veterans or the media’s coverage of the war or the responsibilities of leaders who shaped national security policy, Vietnam influenced American society. I think the series is a real contribution because it will bring the Vietnam War to the foreground again. ![]() Paul Joseph: “We need to hold accountable leaders who pursue failed war policies, and we must advocate for policies built, instead, on peace,” said Paul Joseph. What do you think a documentary can contribute to our understanding of a war that deeply divided the nation? Tufts Now : You taught a course, The U.S., Vietnam and the War, for some 20 years. Tufts Now talked with Joseph about the consequences of the Vietnam War for America, what lessons have been learned, and which ones have already been forgotten. For many years the director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at Tufts, he served two terms as president of the national Peace Studies Association. His books have explored the Vietnam War, the debate over nuclear policy, and the Bush administration’s Operation Iraqi Freedom, among other topics. Paul Joseph, professor of sociology, is intrigued by public sensibilities about war-its values, trauma, and costs. ![]() More than 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War-in which more than 58,000 Americans and up to three million Vietnamese died-it’s back in the news, in large part thanks to the new 18-hour documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, running through September 28 on PBS. ![]()
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