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DVD

Vietnam, a television history

Call Number

  • DVD 959.7043 V6663 (CEN)

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Performers

Stanley Karnow, senior correspondent.

Publication Information

[Boston, MA] : WGBH Boston Video, c2004.

Physical Description

4 videodiscs (11 hrs.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This eleven-hour program carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of this controversial but intriguing war. From the first episode to the last, it provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues.

Notes

DVD format ; Dolby digital.

Videodisc release of the 1983 production presented on the public television program, the American experience.

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Not rated, but the program includes material that may not be appropriate for younger viewers. Viewer discretion is advised.

Produced in conjunction with the book Vietnam, a history / by Stanley Karnow.

Special features include: Access to the American experience web site ; scene selection.

Presented in a full frame format ; 4:3.

Contents

  • Episode 1. Roots of a war, 1945-1953
  • Episode 2. America's mandarin, 1954-1963
  • Episode 3. LBJ goes to war, 1964-1965
  • Episode 4. America takes charge, 1965-1967
  • Episode 5. America's enemy, 1954-1967
  • Episode 6. Tet, 1968
  • Episode 7. Vietnamizing the war, 1968-1973
  • Episode 8. Cambodia and Laos
  • Episode 9. Peace is at hand, 1968-1973
  • Episode 10. Homefront USA
  • Episode 11. The end of the tunnel, 1973-1975.

Subjects

Added Authors

Stanley Karnow