Vietnam: A Television History Season 1

(1983) October - December | # of Episodes : 11

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Seasons: 1

Total Episodes: 13

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Networks: PBS

Status: Ended

First Air Date: Oct 4, 1983

Recent Air Date: Dec 20, 1983

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Original Language: English

Age Rating: NR

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Will Lyman

Age : N/A | Popularity : 29%

Episodes

Episode 1

04 October 1983 - Roots of a War: 1945-53

The end of World War II opened the way for the return of French rule to Indochina. Despite the ties he had forged within the American intelligence community, and his professed respect for democratic ideals, Ho Chi Minh was unable to convince Washington to recognize the legitimacy of his independence movement against the French. French generals and their American advisors expected Ho's rag-tag Viet Minh guerrillas to be defeated easily. But after eight years of fighting and $2.5 billion in U.S. aid, the French lost a crucial battle at Dienbienphu -- and with it, their Asian empire.

Episode 2

05 October 1983 - The First Vietnam War

The eight-year battle between the French and Vietminh is examined.

Episode 3

11 October 1983 - America's Mandarin: 1954-63

With a goal of stopping the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in South Vietnam -- supporting autocratic President Ngo Dinh Diem until his own generals turned against him in a coup that brought political chaos to Saigon.

Episode 4

18 October 1983 - LBJ Goes to War: 1964-65

With Ho Chi Minh determined to reunite Vietnam, President Lyndon Baines Johnson determined to prevent it, and South Vietnam on the verge of collapse, the stage was set for massive escalation of the undeclared Vietnam War.

Episode 5

25 October 1983 - America Takes Charge: 1965-67

In two years, the Johnson administration's troop build-up dispatched 1.5 million Americans to Vietnam to fight a war they found baffling, tedious, exciting, deadly and unforgettable.

Episode 6

01 November 1983 - America's Enemy: 1954-67

The Vietnam War as seen from different perspectives by Vietcong guerrillas and sympathizers, by North Vietnamese leaders and rank and file, and by Americans held prisoner in Hanoi.

Episode 7

08 November 1983 - Tet: 1968

The massive enemy offensive at the lunar New Year decimated the Vietcong and failed to topple the Saigon government -- but led to the beginning of America's military withdrawal from Vietnam.

Episode 8

15 November 1983 - Vietnamizing the War: 1969-73

President Richard Nixon's program of troop pull-outs, stepped-up bombing and huge arms shipments to Saigon changed the war and left GIs wondering which of them would be the last to die in Vietnam.

Episode 9

22 November 1983 - Cambodia and Laos

Despite technical neutrality, both of Vietnam's smaller neighbors were drawn into the war, suffered massive bombings, and, in the case of Cambodia, endured a post-war holocaust of nightmarish proportions.

Episode 10

29 November 1983 - Peace is at Hand: 1968-73

While American and Vietnamese soldiers continued to clash in battle, diplomats in Paris argued about making peace. After more than four years, they reached an accord that proved to be a preface to further bloodshed.

Episode 11

06 December 1983 - Homefront USA

Through troubled years of controversy and violence, U.S .casualties mounted, victory remained elusive, and American opinion moved from general approval to general dissatisfaction with the Vietnam War.

Episode 12

13 December 1983 - The End of the Tunnel: 1973-75

South Vietnamese leaders believed that America would never let them go down to defeat -- a belief that died as North Vietnamese tanks smashed into Saigon on April 30, 1975, and the long war ended with South Vietnam's surrender.

Episode 13

20 December 1983 - Legacies

The legacy of the Vietnam War is examined.

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Department	Role	Name
Production	Executive Producer	Richard Ellison
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