... this film remains on the topic of why the war even began and if it was right to involve the U.S forces. Other themes include anti-war, communism, and inhumanity. Hearts and Minds exposes the ethnocentricity that American leaders and soldiers had towards the Vietnamese. The Criterion Collection Janus Films presents Hearts and Minds. ... of the many people to speak in the film. They believed that America's role was to be the one who stepped in and put an end to communism. "We were the one great power," said Clark Clifford, who was the aide to President Truman, "they could not touch us with ...

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