Talk:Hearts and Minds (film)

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The Title
The title of this film not only comes from a quote by Lyndon B. Johnson, but, also, is a play off of his "Hearts and Minds" Campaign in Vietnam. Effectively, it's kind of a détournement of a psychological warfare strategy. To "win the hearts and minds", in terms of military strategy, is often used euphemistically for almost everything from the application of so-called "soft" power to actual psychological operations. It's a vague an indeterminate phrase to describe converting inhabitants of an occupied region to your side, which, I think, is obvious, but, to understand why the film is called Hearts and Minds, you've got to have some sense of that it is commonly utilized as a euphemism for psychological warfare.

I'm not sure what, exactly, should be done to point this out in the article, and, so, won't edit it, but a suggestion is to include a link to the article on the "Hearts and Minds" Campaign. Daydreamdays2 (talk) 23:03, 8 October 2023 (UTC)