by Geoffrey Ward and Kenneth Burns

Ken Burns is one of the most acclaimed and well-known documentarians of his generation, best known for his meticulous and intimate examinations of subjects from jazz to baseball to the Civil War. His latest project, due to arrive via PBS in September, may be his most ambitious: “The Vietnam War.” Drawing on hours and hours of interviews with U.S. and Vietnamese soldiers, their families, former P.O.W’s, anti-war protestors and many others, Burns is attempting the definitive account of the Vietnam War. This book, a collaboration with historian Geoffrey C. Ward, is the film’s companion.