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- ↑ Smith, David (1 July 2017). "Ken Burns returns to take on Vietnam – 'a war we have consciously ignored'". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ↑ Burns, Ken; Novick, Lynn (29 May 2017). "Ken Burns and Lynn Novick: Vietnam's Unhealed Wounds". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 March 2019.