Working Class History

Podcast episode about the Vietnam war with Noam Chomsky, and Mrs Van, a member of the Vietnamese Women's Union. We look at the geopolitics of the conflict and its human cost. Support this podcast and get early access to episodes and other benefits here on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistoryThis episode is part of our series on the Vietnam war. Check out the rest of the series here: https://soundcloud.com/workingclasshistory/sets/vietnam-warChomsky's book Who Rules the World? is available now: https://amzn.to/2pSxHHjFOOTNOTES– This is a short history of Vietnam from 1945-57 by Howard Zinn: https://libcom.org/history/articles/vietnam-1945-57– And this is Zinn's short account of US involvement in the war: https://libcom.org/history/articles/vietnam-war– The Vietnam War documentary series by Ken Burns can be viewed here: https://amzn.to/2Ekx6IvACKNOWLEDGEMENTS– Thanks to Vivian Rothstein for providing the recording of Mrs Van's testimony.– The music in this episode was also from the recording by Vivi