Vietnam
Vietnam: a Television History is a US documentary originally broadcast in the 1980s, but which has recently been re-released. I would like to ask any Americans to look at that title, and reflect on why people in other countries might find it offensive. (For reference, the series concerns itself with events from 1945 until 1975, and episode titles are:
Roots of a War: 1945-53
America's Mandarin: 1954-63
LBJ Goes to War: 1964-65
America Takes Charge: 1965-67
America's Enemy: 1954-67
Tet: 1968
Vietnamizing the War: 1969-73
Cambodia and Laos
Peace is at Hand: 1968-73
Homefront USA
The End of the Tunnel: 1973-75)
(For further reference, Vietnam is a nation in South-east Asia which has gone by that name since 1804, but which has existed as a nation since the 10th century. I teach a Vietnamese student. Nice bloke: he's a Judo champion, and he already has a degree, but he's doing another one at my university.)
Roots of a War: 1945-53
America's Mandarin: 1954-63
LBJ Goes to War: 1964-65
America Takes Charge: 1965-67
America's Enemy: 1954-67
Tet: 1968
Vietnamizing the War: 1969-73
Cambodia and Laos
Peace is at Hand: 1968-73
Homefront USA
The End of the Tunnel: 1973-75)
(For further reference, Vietnam is a nation in South-east Asia which has gone by that name since 1804, but which has existed as a nation since the 10th century. I teach a Vietnamese student. Nice bloke: he's a Judo champion, and he already has a degree, but he's doing another one at my university.)