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During the overture to Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s “The Vietnam War,” the author Karl Marlantes, a Marine veteran and recipient of the Navy Cross, laments that Americans have never really talked about their disastrous engagement with Southeast Asia. Then, over 18 hours and 10 episodes, directors Burns and Novick proceed to show us exactly why that is: Arrogance. Ignorance. Corruption. Tortured logic. Tortured intelligence. Just…