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Ken Burns: The Vietnam War

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Part 1

After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.

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Part 2

As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with US involvement in Vietnam.

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Part 3

With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.

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Part 4

US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.

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Part 5

President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.

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Part 6

Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.

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Part 7

After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.

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Part 8

Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.

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Part 9

South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.

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Part 10

Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.

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