Go Tell the Spartans Questions

1. Why is Mm set in 1964?

2. What was the US role in 1964?

3. Why all the references to the French?

4. What is the attitude of Burt Lancaster's character towards his order, and the changing nature of his mission?

5. How do the American commanders react to the lessons of the French?

6. Are the soldiers justified not to trust the Vietnamese peasants?

7. How do the Americans view the Vietnamese?

8. Why call the film "Go Tell the Spartans?"