The Vietnam War
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Déjà Vu (1858-1961)
Air Date:17/09/2017
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.
Crew
Guest Stars
Name: Karl Marlantes
Character: Self - Marines (1969)
Department: Directing
Name: Max Cleland
Character: Self - Army
Department: Acting
Name: Bao Ninh
Character: Self - N. Vietnamese Army
Department: Acting
Name: Tran Ngoc Toan
Character: Self - S. Vietnamese Marines
Department: Acting
Name: Lam Quang Thi
Character: Self - S. Vietnamese Army
Department: Acting
Name: John Musgrave
Character: Self - Marines (1967)
Department: Acting
Name: Duong Van Mai
Character: Self - Hanoi
Department: Acting
Name: Mike Heaney
Character: Self - Army (1966)
Department: Acting
Name: Donald Gregg
Character: Self - CIA
Department: Acting
Name: Bui Diem
Character: Self - S. Vietnamese Diplomat
Department: Acting
Name: Dong Si Nguyen
Character: Self - Viet Minh
Department: Acting
Name: Nguyen Van Tong
Character: Self - Viet Minh
Department: Acting
Name: George Wickes
Character: Self - OSS
Department: Acting
Name: Nguyen Thoi Bung
Character: Self - Viet Minh
Department: Acting
Name: Rufus Phillips
Character: Self - CIA
Department: Acting
Name: Vincent Okamoto
Character: Self - Army (1968)
Department: Acting
Name: Le Quan Cong
Character: Self - Viet Minh
Department: Acting
Name: Leslie H. Gelb
Character: Self - Pentagon
Department: Acting
Name: Huy Duc
Character: Self - North Vietnam
Department: Acting
Name: Nguyen Ngoc
Character: Self - Viet Minh
Department: Acting
Name: Tim O'Brien
Character: Self - Army (1969)
Department: Writing
Name: Le Cong Huan
Character: Self - Viet Minh
Department: Acting
Name: Henry Kissinger
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Tran Ngoc 'Harry' Hue
Character: Self - S. Vietnamese Army
Department: Acting
Name: Richard Nixon
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Roger Harris
Character: Self - Marines (1967)
Department: Acting
Name: Lyndon B. Johnson
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Robert McNamara
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Hal Kushner
Character: Self - Danville, VA
Department: Acting
Name: Sam Wilson
Character: Self - Army
Department: Acting
Name: John F. Kennedy
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Ron Ferrizzi
Character: Self - Army (1968)
Department: Acting
Name: Hồ Chí Minh
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Harry S. Truman
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Charles de Gaulle
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Woodrow Wilson
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Adolf Hitler
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Douglas Gracey
Character: Self - British Military (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Joseph Stalin
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Mao Zedong
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Henri Navarre
Character: Self - French Military (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Võ Nguyên Giáp
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Name: Ngô Đình Diệm
Character: Self - Politician (archive footage)
Department: Acting
Episode: 2
Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)
Air Date:18/09/2017
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with American involvement in South Vietnam.
Episode: 3
The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)
Air Date:19/09/2017
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ begins bombing the North and sends US troops to the South.
Episode: 4
Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)
Air Date:20/09/2017
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, while the antiwar movement grows.
Episode: 5
This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967)
Air Date:21/09/2017
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
Episode: 6
Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)
Air Date:24/09/2017
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
Episode: 7
The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969)
Air Date:25/09/2017
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.
Episode: 8
The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970)
Air Date:26/09/2017
Nixon withdraws troops but when he sends forces into Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
Episode: 9
A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)
Air Date:27/09/2017
South Vietnam fights on its own as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. The POWs return.
Episode: 10
The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)
Air Date:28/09/2017
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for reconciliation.
