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¤ Alternative Views 316. THE PERFECT WAR: TECHNOWAR IN VIETNAM (PARTS I) (1987) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternat... http://tinyurl.com/3tmqruh In the first of a two-part series, we make an in-depth analysis of the Vietnam war with Dr. Bill Gibson, Sociology professor at Southern Methodist University and author of "The Perfect War: Technowar in Vietnam (1986)" The program proceeds at two levels: the first is the analysis of the basic nature of the war at the macro stratum of the planners--the politicians and generals--and the lowest level of the common soldier. The result provides not only a fresh, new insight into the causes and nature of the war, but also a gut-wrenching feeling for the life and feelings of the fighting men. Gibson maintains that the war was designed and managed like a factory, with the higher ranking officers being the managers and the ordinary soldier being the workers. The product was body count. The result was soldiers being used as ambush bait on search and destroy missions and the Vietnamese civilians being subjected to continuous atrocities. The emphasis by the Americans was on the use of sophisticated technology which was not just ineffective in bringing American victory, but was irrelevant in fighting a popular war of national liberation which was mainly political. ¤ Professor Dr. Bill Gibson http://www.jameswilliamgibson.com/abo... ¤ BOOK: The Perfect War: Technowar in Vietnam (1986) http://www.amazon.com/Perfect-War-Tec... ¤ BOOK: Warrior Dreams: Paramilitary Culture in Post-Vietnam America 1994) http://www.amazon.com/Warrior-Dreams-... http://www3.niu.edu/~td0raf1/history4... Run Time: 58:15 Recorded January, 1987 Copyright February, 1987 This movie is part of the collection: Alternative Views Producer: Frank Morrow Production Company: Alternative Information Network Audio/Visual: sound, color Language: English © Creative Commons license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...