War - Part Two: Anybody's Son Will Do (1 of 6)

Why HN readers recommended it

Recommended as a classic documentary on military training and the psychology of going to war.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Ingsoc75

Topic

military basic training

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

3

Recommendation years in dataset

2013–2017

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• A great documentary miniseries about this topic is War: A Commentary by Gwynne Dyer. In particular, the episode anyone's son will do: [LINK] [VIDEO] The episode covers what goes into training young people who enter the marine core. It features candid interviews with drill sergeants …

• Yeah. It is interesting though. I think the classic PBS documentary "anyone's son will do" is great. [VIDEO] I think war in the industrialized world is almost purely political. Wars in the modern day are arranged by old men and politicians and fought by young …

• "Anybody's son will do" [LINK] This documentary explains in great detail the nature of military basic training and its psychological component . It's on Youtube: [VIDEO]