Vietnam: A Television History Peace Is at Hand: 1968-1973 (Season 1, Episode 10)
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Vietnam: A Television History

Peace Is at Hand: 1968-1973 (Season 1, Episode 10)

TV Episode | Documentary, History, War

By early 1968, the US had dropped nearly 3 million tons of bombs on Vietnam. After the Tet offensive, President Johnson ordered a stop to the bombing and peace talks began in Paris. Some thought the negotiations would be swift but there ...See moreBy early 1968, the US had dropped nearly 3 million tons of bombs on Vietnam. After the Tet offensive, President Johnson ordered a stop to the bombing and peace talks began in Paris. Some thought the negotiations would be swift but there was little of the give and take that you would normally expect. Nixon had won the 1968 election by a narrow margin and 500,000 American troops were still in Vietnam at that point. After Tet, fighting had again shifted to the countryside and in the first half of 1969, 200 Americans were killed and 800 wounded every week. Nixon introduced the policy of Vietnamizing the war, that is transferring the ground and air war to the Vietnamese themselves. By April 1970 US Forces in Vietnam had been reduced by more than 100,000, well ahead of schedule. Campus protests however reached a peak in 1970 with 4 students being killed by National Guardsmen at Kent State university in Ohio. National polls showed that a majority of Americans still supported the administration. Nixon proposed a ceasefire but Hanoi's leaders did not respond. Unknown to everyone, including the South Vietnamese, was that Henry Kissinger was in secret talks with the North since 1969. The North launched a major attack on March 31, 1972 across the DMZ and as a result, Nixon stepped up the bombing of the North and mined Haiphong harbor. A breakthrough was reached at the Paris peace negotiations in October 1972 when the North dropped its demand that the Thieu government resign. A draft treaty was soon agreed to but rejected by Thieu. The Christmas 1972 bombings of the North led to a final agreement, one with little difference from the October version. Former President Johnson died the day before the agreement was signed on January 27, 1973. Written by garykmcd See less

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Name	Known for
Birch Bayh Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Dean Martin Show (1965)
Leonid Brezhnev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Guest from the Island of Freedom (1963)
Ellsworth Bunker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ten Thousand Day War (1980)
Michael Connors Self Self See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Billy Graham Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wiretapper (1955)
Alexander Haig Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The American President (2000)
Morton Halperin Self Self See fewer	The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009)
Duc Nha Hoang Self Self See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Hubert H. Humphrey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Candidate (1972)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) Self (archive footage) (as Lyndon Johnson) See fewer	Spartamerika
Ted Kennedy Self (archive footage) (as Edward Kennedy) Self (archive footage) (as Edward Kennedy) See fewer	Chicago Hope (1994)
Henry Kissinger Self Self See fewer	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
Melvin Laird Self Self See fewer	The Jimmy Dean Show (1963)
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Will Lyman Narrator Narrator See fewer	Mystic River (2003)
Mike Mansfield Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Zedong Mao Self (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) Self (archive footage) (as Mao Zedong) See fewer	The New China (1951)
Ho Chí Minh Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	79 primaveras (1969)
Thomas Moorer Self Self See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
John Negroponte Self Self See fewer	Deadly (1991)
Luan Nguyen Self Self See fewer	Super Solvers: Gizmos & Gadgets! (1993)
Thi Duc Nguyen Self Self See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Van Dong Pham Vietnamese Premier Vietnamese Premier See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Thi Tiem Phung Self Self See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
Robinson Risner Self Self See fewer	Return with Honor (1998)
William Rogers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	This Week (1956)
William Sullivan Self Self See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
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Ky Tuu Self Self See fewer	Vietnam: A Television History (1983)
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William C. Westmoreland Self Self See fewer	From Hollywood to Hanoi (1992)
Enlai Zhou Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	China (1965)