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PBS' American Experience presents its Emmy Award-winning series documenting the events of the Vietnam war, from the 1945 revolution against the French to the U.S. evacuation of Saigon in April 1975. Includes 13 episodes: "Roots of a War 1945-1953," "The First Vietnam War 1945-1954," "America's Mandarin 1954-1963," "LBJ Goes to War 1964-1965," "America Takes Charge 1965-1967," "America's Enemy 1954-1967," "Tet 1968," "Vietnamizing the War 1968-1973," "Cambodia and Laos," "Peace is at Hand 1968-1973" "Homefront USA," and "The End of the Tunnel 1973-1975."

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UPC0783421261099

eBay Product ID (ePID)30856589

Product Key Features

Edition4-Disc Set

RatingNR

Movie/TV TitleVietnam: a Television History-Boxed Set

FormatDVD

Release Year2004

GenreTV Shows, Education/General Interest, Educational

Sub-GenreWar/Vietnam War

Additional Product Features

Region CodeRegion 1

Number of Discs4

Country/Region of ManufactureUSA

Display Format4-Disc Set

Film CountryUSA

Release Date20040727

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by 10-star
19 Aug, 2019
Vietnam - A Television History, a great series which belongs on the shelf of all students of history
This historical series is the best of all the Vietnam war video summaries. The producers begin before VN was a divided country and lead the viewer through a brief overview of Viet history. This helps to set the stage for the information that follows. Also included is a very brief treatment of what happened in Laos and Cambodia during the years of US involvement in Vietnam. Anyone who was alive during the turbulent 1960s and early 1970s will remember many of the names and personalities who were instrumental at the time of the US actions in those countries. Several of those personalities were interviewed for their own short verbal summaries of what happened and why. This is an excellent historical account given in top level summary format.
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by petermalex
20 Dec, 2018
Important, vital documentary, still relevant.
This is a story that we need to keep hearing and learning from. Anytime anyone says "We learned the lesson of Vietnam," I tell them I don't think so. What evidence is there? The U.S. and Vietnam were fighting different wars, and we never understood the war they were fighting—part of a multi-generation, hundreds-of-years effort to free their country form outsiders, including the Chinese then the French, then the Americans. The Ken Burns documentary is invaluable, having access to people that were on both sides during the war. But the documentary made soon after the war is important too; we can learn from both. I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to understand this terrible chapter in human history.
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by jkik1735_w6l9ggd9z
03 Jan, 2019
Serious study of the war which changed so many lives.
Well-done documentary. One of Ken Burns. best. Not always for the faint of heart. But the story needed to be told. one of
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by joetrovato
28 Feb, 2018
Vietnam Documentary
This is a series that was broadcast on PBS years ago. It was very well researched and is still relevant today.
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by dej_dod_b2s2kd5c2
23 May, 2023
It is a great series.
Awesome program
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by tamricha_z6rsgq
03 Nov, 2020
Very Informative
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by westborder
31 Dec, 2016
Excellent
I purchased this to replace a VHS version that I had not watched in years. It is even better now than when I first viewed it. Thank you!
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by ronaldavalon99936
19 Oct, 2016
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The item arrived in perfect condition and played flawlessly. It is informative and shows things as they really were. I totally recommend this item to everyone.
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