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[QUOTE="BigBird, post: 2351756, member: 4247"]
This is one of Ken Burns' best documentaries.  The narrative is carried largely by the voices and/or images of those who were involved.  The use of "voice over" to present major thesis points was as measured as possible.  The use of Nixon's tapes was both illuminating and infuriating.

I lived through this period, but I didn't understand many things back then because there was no way to "zoom out" and clearly see a bigger picture.  Like the soldiers, those of us who were mobilized at home in opposition to the war were just kids.  We were smart and committed in some ways, but naive and immature in others.

I was in the first draft lottery, and my birthdate would have been the 247 th to be called.  They stopped at 195.  I was spared having to face a thing I greatly feared.  Had I been born just a few hours earlier than I was, my priority would have been 60.  There was no reason about it. It was all a fluke, yet that chance event changed my life permanently.
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