2017 • 10 Episodes
September 17, 2017
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.
September 18, 2017
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with American involvement in South Vietnam.
September 19, 2017
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ begins bombing the North and sends US troops to the South.
September 20, 2017
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, while the antiwar movement grows.
September 21, 2017
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
September 24, 2017
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
September 25, 2017
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.
September 26, 2017
Nixon withdraws troops but when he sends forces into Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
September 27, 2017
South Vietnam fights on its own as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. The POWs return.
September 28, 2017
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for reconciliation.