No I am referring to the automatic assumption that the US was the only one involved or that there is such an American-centric viewpoint. If you look at the histories produced by the BBC for instance there is a much more global and balanced perspective. Unfortunately the Russian produced stuff is even worse than the American propaganda loosely disguised as histories.
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:28 AM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Question did was it typical American historical hype - ie it began on >> Dec. 7 1941 and only focused on the American contribution? Or is it at >> least going to touch on the other countries involved, such as England >> and the Commonwealth, Poland and the Soviet Union? >> > > It was very much focused on America....but that's because it was centered > around the newly found video footage, which was American > video...sooo.....what'd you expect? > > I was hoping for more of an all encompassing documentary...but the stories > were pretty focused around the video....which in retrospect, makes sense. > > >> I've given up on most American histories of that time period because >> of the underlying attitude that only the US was involved. It really >> gets tiresome. >> > > You mean American produced historical pieces meant for American consumption > focused on America? Outrageous! > > -- > You can get killed just for living in > Your American skin > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308272 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
