Turning Point: The Vietnam War

Why Are We Even Here?

Directed by Brian Knappenberger
S1 • E4    Apr 29, 2025    80m
7.0
As Nixon and Kissinger secretly enact a ruthless bombing campaign, US veterans speak out against the war. The Kent State shootings outrage millions.

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Cast of Why Are We Even Here?

  • Chic CanforaSelf - Anti-War Activist
  • Viet Thanh NguyenSelf - Author, The Sympathizer
  • Lien-Hang NguyenSelf - Author, Hanoi's War
  • Ken HughesSelf - Research Specialist, Presidential Recordings, University of Virginia Miller Center
  • C. Jack EllisSelf - U.S. Army
  • Dan RatherSelf - CBS News Correspondent
  • Marc J. SelverstoneSelf - Director of Presidential Studies, University of Virginia Miller Center
  • George J. VeithSelf - Author, Drawn Swords in a Distant Land
  • Duc Nha HoangSelf - Advisor to South Vietnamese President
  • Richard ArmitageSelf - U.S. Navy
  • Fredrik LogevallSelf - Author, Embers of War
  • Tim WeinerSelf - Author, Legacy of Ashes
  • Pham Ba HoaSelf - ARVN
  • Tuong VuSelf - Director, US-Vietnam Research Center
  • Vu Thanh ThuySelf - South Vietnamese Journalist
  • Chung Tu BuuSelf - ARVN
  • Nguyen Trong NhoSelf - South Vietnamese Congressman
  • Winston LordSelf - Special Assistant to National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger
  • Graham NashSelf - Musician - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
  • Michael KazinSelf - Member of the Weathermen
  • Thomas A. BassSelf - Author, Vietnamerica: The War Comes Homes
  • Gianfranco NegroponteSelf - U.S. Foreign Service
  • Gregory DaddisSelf - Military Historian
  • Peter OsnosSelf - Washington Post Correspondent
  • Scott ShimabukuroSelf - U.S. Marine Corps
  • Keith KaySelf - CBS News Photojournalist
  • Mike NakayamaSelf - U.S. Marine Corps
  • Dennis Clark BrazilSelf - U.S. Army
  • Eldson J. McGheeSelf - U.S. Army
  • Shad MeshadSelf - U.S. Army Medical Services Corps
  • Kiên Thành LêSelf - Son of Le Duan
  • Elizabeth BeckerSelf - Author, When the War Was Over
  • Nguyen Van TauSelf - PAVN
  • Jan BarrySelf - U.S. Army
  • Scott CamilSelf - U.S. Marine Corps
  • Frederic WhitehurstSelf - U.S. Army
  • Morton HalperinSelf - Supervisor of the Pentagon Papers, U.S. Defense Department
  • Harry S. TrumanSelf - President of the United States 1945 - 1953
  • Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf - President of the United States 1953 - 1961
  • John F. KennedySelf - President of the United States 1961 - 1963
  • Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf - President of the United States 1963 - 1969
  • Richard NixonSelf - President of the United States 1969 - 1974
  • Allison KrauseSelf - Killed at Kent State Anti-War Protest
  • Jeffrey MillerSelf - Killed at Kent State Anti-War Protest
  • Sandy ScheuerSelf - Killed at Kent State Anti-War Protest
  • William SchroederSelf - Killed at Kent State Anti-War Protest
  • Leonid BrezhnevSelf - Leader of the Soviet Union
  • George H. W. BushSelf - U.S. Representative
  • Anna ChennaultSelf - Republican Fundraiser
  • Claire ChennaultSelf - U.S. Army
  • Eldridge CleaverSelf - Black Panther Party Leader
  • Country Joe and the FishThemselves
  • Walter CronkiteSelf - Anchor, CBS Evening News
  • Crosby Stills Nash & YoungThemselves
  • Bui DiemSelf - South Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
  • Le DuanSelf - General Secretary of the Communist Party
  • Jed DuvallSelf - CBS News Correspondent
  • Daniel EllsbergSelf - Strategic Analyst, Rand Corporation
  • Lewis FieldingSelf - Daniel Ellsberg's Psychiatrist
  • James GoodaleSelf - General Counsel, The New York Times
  • Dick GregorySelf - Activist
  • H.R. HaldemanSelf - White House Chief of Staff
  • David HilliardSelf - Black Panther Party Chief of Staff
  • J. Edgar HooverSelf - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation
  • Hubert H. HumphreySelf - Vice President, Democratic Presidential Nominee
  • E. Howard HuntSelf - 'Plumber'
  • Henry KissingerSelf - U.S. National Security Advisor
  • Egil Krogh Jr.Self - 'Plumber'
  • Melvin LairdSelf - U.S. Secretary of Defense
  • Pham Dang LamSelf - South Vietnamese Delegation
  • John LaurenceSelf - CBS News Correspondent
  • Le Duc ThoSelf - Chief Negotiator, Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam
  • John LennonSelf - Musician, Anti-War Activist
  • G. Gordon LiddySelf - 'Plumber'
  • Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.Self - U.S. Delegation
  • Mao ZedongSelf - Leader of China
  • Robert McNamaraSelf - Secretary of Defense
  • John MitchellSelf - U.S. Attorney General
  • Thi Binh NguyenSelf - Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam, Viet Cong Government
  • Yoko OnoSelf - Anti-War Activist
  • Ed RabelSelf - CBS News Correspondent
  • Norodom SihanoukSelf - Leader of Cambodia
  • Xuân ThuySelf - North Vietnamese Delegation
  • Nguyễn Văn ThiệuSelf - President of South Vietnam
  • Mike WallaceSelf - Host, The Mike Wallace Show
  • Brian KnappenbergerDirector
  • Doan HoangProducer
  • Bo KovitzProducer
  • Keven McAlesterProducer
  • Tommy NguyenProducer

 

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