Save your money and find a counterfactual history book on the subject. But does make a case that based on his past history he would have taken the risk and allowed South Vietnam to collapse in 1965. Documentary Virtual JFK takes up one of America's controversial "what if" scenarios, examining the question: Would the U.S. have escalated the war in Vietnam if Kennedy was not assassinated? Virtual JFK (49) 7.0 1h 19min 7+ In the era of nuclear confrontation, John F. Kennedy attempted to prevent war six times during his short tenure as president.
There is not an exploration of the hypothesis of "Vietnam in Kennedy had lived" here. For reality, buy Jim Douglass's "JFK and the Unspeakable" (whose account of the Saigon intrigue through the summer and autumn of '63 is unmatched). He didn't live to face a seventh. Pressure is how journalism, even when you don't want to hear it or it seems like a conspiracy, keeps a democracy able to survive. I will alway argued that our media has looked that other way and escaping the element of "PRESS." 3 of 3 people found this review helpful. While it's about President Kennedy's decisions about the use of force, it is striking how timely it is for our current predicaments. Of all the films made about President Kennedy, none has ever given me a more intimate and almost visceral feel for the great and relentless burden upon his shoulders. The film was unveiled at the 2008 HotDocs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival, and its theatrical premiere took place at New York City's Film Forum six weeks before the 2008 U.S. presidential election. ...........................................................from Pasto,Colombia...Via: L.A. I actually had a class with Jim Blight and this is why I got this video. Fascinating, informative, and cogent. Was this review helpful to you? Rehashed known knowns at the high school-level of history With insight and erudition, the film traces JFK's presidency - a 1,000-day term plagued with tense political stand-offs - through rare and previously-unseen archival footage, offering nuanced accounts of the former president's political decisions and, by extension, his probable response to the escalating conflict in Vietnam. It provides a compelling argument about the competing demands on a president facing foreign policy crises, and the essential wisdom of restraint. I'm an historian, and like most historians I'm uncomfortable with counterfactuals. If you see just one film in the near future see this one.Would the Vietnam War occurred had Kennedy not been assassinated? VIRTUAL JFK investigates one of the most debated "what if" scenarios in the history of U.S. foreign policy: What would President John F. Kennedy have done in Vietnam if he had not been ... We have terror groups, who can never be seen, but we fight a number count War on Terrorism. Nor have I ever admired him as greatly as I do after watching Virtual Kennedy, after appreciating how steadfastly he resisted the push by his military advisers, the Republican Party and the media to go to war. Featuring unprecedented access into the leadership style of one of the nation's most important leaders, VIRTUAL JFK sheds new light on the man who helped avoid war in six crises and did not live to save America from the devastating war in Vietnam. This does peel some of the layers from the onion which was the character of JFK. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. This movie embeds the sounds, struggles, and outlooks of the JFK peace keeping ability. He didn't live to face a seventh. This one is different.
It applies what Niall Ferguson of Harvard University has called 'virtual history' to consider what President John F. Kennedy might have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963. A great look into the history that may have been (that's not conspiracy theories) You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. The film employs what Harvard historian Niall Ferguson calls "virtual history," assessing the plausibility of counterfactuals - "what ifs" - and the outcomes they might have produced. The stream presents you a virtual representation of John F. Kennedy International Airport with real live arrivals and departures in actual time!