Historically and Factually Accurate?
W.R. Baker
With the exception of the very few, most Vietnam veterans are proud of their service (~91%) and most of these seem to be “revisionist†versus “orthodox,†as the distinction seems to be currently drawn.
I’m surprised that primary sources (i.e., those who were in Vietnam) don’t seem to be as important as secondary ones are for historians today. Just a brief survey of what is now being taught in colleges about Vietnam, including (surprisingly) military ones, and you’ll find it is now a seldom offered course by itself and it seems consigned to being only a chapter in history books.
Unfortunately, not all of these books are totally accurate and, more importantly, they repeat the errors found in the sources they quote and then in the books or articles they then publish. The old proverb “tell a lie often enough†is beginning to spread.
https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/historically-and-factually-accurate
