I don't have the expertise to know whether Ken Burns and his people captured the entirety of Vietnam. Probably not. He took it on, however, and it was stunning an emotional and sad. I could not take my eyes off each episode. It was a portrayal of the carnage and destruction and dissembling that people in power are able to bring about. We create governments, give them our trust and, for the most part, it is validated. But every so often, perhaps too often, an overzealous response to some ideology brings the horrors of war. This final episode shows a nation that made a pact, accepted the trust, and then betrayed a whole country. Of course, that pact should have never been made and those that knew that never deserved trust. I've still never heard an acceptable reason for even being in Vietnam in the first place. All the other stuff is the debris of that decision. There was great heroism and sacrifice--but to what end. Well, some say patriotism. Is patriotism giving yourself up because some cigar smoking politician who will never see combat thinks war is a good idea. But I digress. This final episode, which focuses on what happened after we pulled out is stunning. This is the part that most people don't think about. If you can keep back a tear during the description of the Vietnam Memorial wall, you are made of sterner stuff than I am. Another triumph for Ken Burns and his people.