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Series

The Vietnam War

2017 · 1 season · 10 episodes · Ended · PBS

Documentary, War & Politics

TMDB 8.2 · 223 votes

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There is no single truth in war.

An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides.

Episodes

  • S01E01Déjà Vu (1858-1961)2017-09-1784m

    After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.

  • S01E02Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)2017-09-1885m

    As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with American involvement in South Vietnam.

  • S01E03The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)2017-09-19116m

    With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ begins bombing the North and sends US troops to the South.

  • S01E04Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)2017-09-20117m

    US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, while the antiwar movement grows.

  • S01E05This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967)2017-09-2186m

    President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.

  • S01E06Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)2017-09-2486m

    Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.

  • S01E07The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969)2017-09-25109m

    After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.

  • S01E08The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970)2017-09-26110m

    Nixon withdraws troops but when he sends forces into Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.

  • S01E09A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)2017-09-27111m

    South Vietnam fights on its own as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. The POWs return.

  • S01E10The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)2017-09-28109m

    Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for reconciliation.

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