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Apr 2022
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[BEST OF] The Vietnam War

REVOLUTIONARY LEFT RADIO
About this episode
[Orginally released Nov 2018]

Historian David Parsons joins Breht to talk about the Vietnam War, Ho Chi Minh, American Imperial War Crimes, Historical Memory, and much more!

David Parsons is an author, historian, and leftist podcast host of The Nostalgia Trap.

Find The Nostalgia Trap here: https://nostalgiatrap.libsyn.com

Support The Nostalgia Trap here: https://www.patreon.com/nostalgiatrap

Find his book, Dangerous Grounds: Antiwar Coffeehouses and Military Dissent in the Vietnam Era here: https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469632018/dangerous-grounds/

Follow him on twitter @davidlparsons and follow his podcast @NostalgiaTrap

The Documentary used for most of the clips in the show is "Hearts and Minds" (1974)

Outro Music: Backlash Blues by Nina Simone


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