I get the feeling that Burns is setting up the A-Bomb issue
with some of the interviews--- the guy from Guadalcanal who
says from the point where he saw American dead mutilated
with their genitals stuck in their mouths, his unit didn't
take a single further prisoner.

That, and the rather graphic coverage of the Bataan death-march,
following the Japanese general giving assurances of humane
treatment saying "We're not savages."

From what I've seen so far, I doubt that there will be much
coverage of things like conscientious objectors and so on.

In fact, what I've seen so far just strikes me as a slightly
higher quality re-hash of what's already been said starting
with 'Victory at Sea' through 'The World at War' and endless
repeats and re-works on the Hitler---er, History Channel and
the Military Channel. Even the Japanese-American internments
were done in a way that struck me as having already been
done to death--- what more was there to be said?

I do find myself wondering if ALL the photos and footage of
a given event--- for example Midway or Guadalcanal, actually
originated from THAT particular battle or venue. If that's the
case, then Burns' work is a cut above. How many of us have, for
example, seen the same airplane crash or pile of dead bodies
in documentaries about events that were many months and/or
oceans apart?