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The War in Vietnam (1961 – 1968)

From just several hundred advisors at the start of the decade, to more than 550,000 American troops by the end of it, the escalation of the war in Vietnam – and the fighting and the dying – brought social and political polarization back home. It was also televised – and, the more Americans saw of the war, the more unpopular the conflict became. Tim O’Brien, Frederik Logeval, Karl Marlantes, Neil Sheehan, Andrew Bacevich, George Herring, Tom Hayden, and Philip Caputo discuss the Gulf of Tonkin, and LBJ, for this most complex of American stories.

Release : June 19, 2014

Runtime Epiosde : 60 minutes

Rating : 0.00

Credits

Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite ( Walter Cronkite )

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Tom Hanks

Tom Hanks ( Tom Hanks )

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David Brinkley

David Brinkley ( David Brinkley )

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Dan Rather

Dan Rather ( Dan Rather )

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Chet Huntley

Chet Huntley ( Chet Huntley )

Self - NBC News (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson ( Lyndon B. Johnson )

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John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy ( John F. Kennedy )

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John Heilemann

John Heilemann ( John Heilemann )

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Robert Dallek ( Robert Dallek )

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Frank McGee ( Frank McGee )

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Harry Reasoner

Harry Reasoner ( Harry Reasoner )

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Shirley Chisholm

Shirley Chisholm ( Shirley Chisholm )

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