Turning Point: The Vietnam War

America Goes to War

Directed by Brian Knappenberger
S1 • E1    Apr 29, 2025    72m
7.2
As Cold War tensions escalate, the US secretly enters the fight against North Vietnam, while widespread protests spark intense unrest in South Vietnam.

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Cast of Turning Point: The Vietnam War - S1 • E1 - America Goes to War

  • Scott CamilSelf - Gainesville, Florida
  • Ken HughesSelf - Presidential Historian
  • Lien-Hang NguyenSelf - Author, Hanoi's War
  • Fredrik LogevallSelf - Author, Embers of War
  • Frank G. Wisner IISelf - U.S. Foreign Service
  • Dennis Clark BrazilSelf - U.S. Army
  • Scott ShimabukuroSelf - U.S. Marine Corps
  • Chic CanforaSelf - Anti-War Activist
  • Tim WeinerSelf - Author, Legacy of Ashes
  • Thomas A. BassSelf - Author, Vietnamerica: The War Comes Homes
  • Viet Thanh NguyenSelf - Author, The Sympathizer
  • Marc J. SelverstoneSelf - Director of Presidential Studies, University of Virginia Miller Center
  • George J. VeithSelf - Author, Drawn Swords in a Distant Land
  • Gianfranco NegroponteSelf - U.S. Foreign Service
  • Peter OsnosSelf - Author, LBJ and McNamara
  • Jan BarrySelf - Ithaca, New York
  • Gregory DaddisSelf - Military Historian
  • Peter ArnettSelf - Associated Press Correspondent
  • Tuong VuSelf - Director, US-Vietnam Research Center
  • Duc Nha HoangSelf - Nha Trang, South Vietnam
  • Le Ly HayslipSelf - Binh Ky Village, Central Vietnam
  • Nguyen Trong NhoSelf - Student Demonstration Leader
  • Pham Ba HoaSelf - ARVN
  • Nancy BuiSelf - Cong Thanh Village, South Vietnam
  • Dan RatherSelf - CBS News Correspondent
  • Patrick PatersonSelf - Maritime Historian
  • Larry ZetterbergSelf - U.S. Navy Pilot
  • Everett AlvarezSelf - U.S. Navy Pilot and Prisoner of War
  • Muhammad AliSelf - Professional Boxer
  • Donald BramanSelf - Killed in Action at Ap Bac
  • McGeorge BundySelf - National Security Advisor
  • Fidel CastroSelf - Leader of Cuba
  • Walter CronkiteSelf - Anchor, CBS Evening News
  • William DealSelf - Killed in Action at Ap Bac
  • Ngo Dinh DiemSelf - First President of South Vietnam
  • Van Minh DuongSelf - ARVN
  • Roswell GilpatricSelf - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense
  • Kenneth GoodSelf - Killed in Action at Ap Bac
  • Paul D. HarkinsSelf - Commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
  • Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - President of the United States 1963 - 1969
  • John F. KennedySelf - President of the United States 1961 - 1963
  • Nikita KhrushchevSelf - Leader of the Soviet Union
  • Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.Self - U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam
  • Mao ZedongSelf - Leader of China
  • Robert McNamaraSelf - Secretary of Defense
  • Joseph A. MendenhallSelf - State Department Official
  • Hồ Chí MinhSelf - President of North Vietnam
  • Dinh Nhu NgoSelf - Diem's Brother, Commander of the ARVN Special Forces
  • Madame NhuSelf - De Facto First Lady of Vietnam
  • Richard NixonSelf - Kennedy's Opponent, 1960 Presidential Election
  • Frederick NoltingSelf - U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam
  • Rufus PhillipsSelf - CIA Official
  • Duc QuangSelf - Buddhist Monk
  • Dean RuskSelf - Secretary of State
  • Nguyen Ngoc ThoSelf - Prime Minister of South Vietnam
  • Ngo Dinh ThucSelf - Catholic Archbishop of Hue, Brother of President Diem
  • Mike WallaceSelf - CBS News Correspondent
  • Brian KnappenbergerDirector
  • Doan HoangProducer
  • Bo KovitzProducer
  • Keven McAlesterProducer
  • Tommy NguyenProducer

 

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