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Book TV Feature
The book, They Marched Into Sunlight by David Maraniss explores the worlds of soldiers in Southeast Asia, student protestors in the United States, President Johnson and his advisers during the fall of 1967.
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Map of ambush in Vietnam
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In the United States
- LBJ
President Johnson at Johns Hopkins Univ., Speech On Vietnam, April 7, 1965
- LBJ
President Johnson on halting bombing & announcement that he will not seek re-election, March 31, 1968
- Halberstam & Sheehan
America's initial involvement in Vietnam American Writers Clip 12
- Halberstam & Sheehan
1965 audiotape clip of LBJ and Robert McNamara, Defense Secretary, conferring on an update of the war situation American Writers Clip 23
- Nixon & Vietnam
The former President talks about the Vietnam War, including its impact on Presidents Kennedy and Johnson.
, In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert McNamara
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Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides By Christian Appy
Desertion: In the Time of Vietnam [Video available for purchase only]
Author Jack Todd wrote the book about defecting to Canada to avoid serving in the Marines during the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund & National Press Club Panel on "The Military & the Media"
Reporting Vietnam by Peter Kann and Frances FitzGerald
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- Halberstam & Sheehan
How the media portrayed the atrocities of the war Clip 36
Washington Journal
Daniel Ellsberg & William Kristol, Co-Author
Veterans for Common Sense News Conference on Iraq
Home to War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement by Gerald Nicosia. [Video available for purchase only]
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American Political Archive - Vietnam War POWs
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In Vietnam
- Halberstam & Sheehan
Sheehan and Halberstam's coverage of the war in Northern Saigon and the Delta Clip 14
- Halberstam & Sheehan
How the media portrayed the atrocities of the war Clip 36
Book TV
The 11 Days of Christmas: America's Last Vietnam Battle
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Marshall Michel III discusses about his book about the "Christmas Bombing" of 1972. Along with describing the actual bombing campaign, Mr. Michel provides insight into the thought processes of the American planners, the reaction of the crews that carried out the orders, and the Vietnamese soldiers that were on the receiving end of the bombs.
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Cambodia
, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers by Loung Ung
- Nixon's China Iniative
Former Nixon White House staffer Frank Gannon conducted the interview. The former President talks about his China initiative, his historic trip to Peking in 1972, and his thoughts on Chinese leaders Mao Tse-tung and Chou En-lai.
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- Halberstam & Sheehan
No definitive written work yet from the perspective of the Vietnamese Clip 49
, Ho Chi Minh: A Life by William Duiker
, The Cat From Hue: A Vietnam War Story by John Laurence
, , Buddha's Child: My Fight to Save Vietnam by Nguyen Cao Ky
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