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The Vietnam War

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Series telling the epic story of the Vietnam War.

Ten years in the making, this immersive series tells the epic story of the Vietnam War, bringing the war and the chaotic epoch it encompassed viscerally to life.

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Ken Burns

Lynn Novick

Geoffrey C Ward

Sarah Botstein

The Vietnam War: Series 1: Episode 2: Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)

Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)

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Episode 2: Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)

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President Kennedy and his advisors wrestle with how far to get involved in South Vietnam.

Series telling the story of the Vietnam War. President Kennedy and his advisors wrestle with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam.

President Kennedy and his advisers wrestle with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a growing communist insurgency and widespread Buddhist protests, a grave political crisis unfolds.

The Vietnam War: Series 1

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