Normandy, France [Photo: National Archives]

Ken Burns' Arithmetic of War: 'The War' Premieres Tonight

Ken Burns' latest epic 'The War'

Regular airtime: Sunday, 8pm ET (PBS)

Cast: Quentin Aanenson, Joe Medicine Crow, Glenn Frazier, Paul Fussell, John Gray, Tom Hanks, Sam Hynes, Daniel Inouye, Robert Kashiwagi, Ray Leopold, Josh Lucas, Katherine Phillips, Sid Phillips, Walter Thompson, Asako Tokuno

US release date: 23 September 2007

[21 September 2007]

by Cynthia Fuchs

PopMatters Film and TV Editor

To its credit, The War considers the terrible effects of difference. But even as it argues that representations can make differences, it also exemplifies how limited vision can reinforce them.
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