The Vietnam War: Before, During, After (series)
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- Creator: Isabelle Clarke , Daniel Costelle
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 2/26/2005
- Release date of last episode: 2/26/2005
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 3
Series description
This new series tells the compelling story of the Vietnam War, from the country’s dynastic history, the impact of Christian missionaries & French colonialism, Japan’s invasion during WWII and the rise of Ho Chi Minh. How the USA’s fear of communism started a relentless sequence of events that caused American troops to go in under President Kennedy in 1961, escalating under Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 when the nation found itself entwined in a war fought nightly on TV engendering a huge anti-war movement. By 1973 Nixon had resigned and America was forced to withdraw from Saigon on April 30th 1975.
