"The Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick : Ken Burns and Lynn Novick's ten-part, 18-hour documentary series, The Vietnam War, tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in American history as it has never before been told on film. Visceral and immersive, the series explores the human dimensions of the war through revelatory testimony of nearly 80 witnesses from all sides -- Americans who...

This film examines Vietnam War events between Kennedy's assassination and Nixon's presidential election. Over half a million troops were deployed, but Ho Chi Minh's strategy was to outlast the American occupation. After early U.S. domination through Operation Thunder, three years of B52 raids, and napalm and Agent Orange drops, the Viet Cong Tet Offensive turned the tide in 1968. Television coverage of the surprise attack and nightly combat footage...

This film reviews the cultural and religious history of Vietnam, along with the development of, and U.S. involvement in, the Vietnam War. Produced for the U.S. government in 1971 by John Ford, the highly controversial film supporting the war in Vietnam was never officially released. Note: The war footage includes combat scenes, civilian massacres, anti-war protest and mistreatment of Prisoners of War (POWs). The film concludes with a quick succession...

This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture series examines how the Vietnam War differed from the previous wars the United States engaged in. Featuring footage from the National Archives and Records Administration, this documentary explores how a conflict with no conventional battle line (also known as a guerrilla war) had its unique difficulties and how our mission in Vietnam was to win the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people.

This classic episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture series documents the buildup to the Vietnam War, from the withdrawal of French troops to the bombings of the U.S. Embassy and the intense fighting our troops engaged in to combat Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Cong. It presents the reasons for each stage of escalating U.S. involvement, presenting them as reluctant responses to North Vietnamese aggression and intransigence, and makes moral and strategic...

This episode of the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series begins with a scene from December 1964 in which President Lyndon Johnson awarded Captain Roger Donlon the Medal of Honor for his heroism in Vietnam. Featuring footage provided by the National Archives and Records Administration, this interesting documentary goes on to describe the difficulties of fighting in Vietnam and how it was a "twilight war fought in shadow and stealth".

"This book details major events of the Vietnam War, as well as the war's cultural impact"--Provided by publisher.

Recent high school graduate Rick Ward, undecided about his future and eager to escape his unhappy home life, joins the army and experiences the horrors of the war in Vietnam.