![poster of The Vietnam War](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tKt4lYTA4YmfBUH5Vtd7qqgqGBW.jpg)
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The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969)
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.
Writing:
Release Date:
Sun, Sep 17, 2017
Country: US | GB
Language: De | En | Vi
Runtime:
Country: US | GB
Language: De | En | Vi
Runtime:
Peter Coyote
Narrator (voice)
Season 1:
![Déjà Vu (1858-1961)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/m40fQyePc15Xvw5d2efvYcf6Arw.jpg)
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.
![Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/etkWElmpR8swAgLFKFv0Xq1zA6h.jpg)
As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with American involvement in South Vietnam.
![The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/dK2fjWI9HL4yEFtRolLlodKXQpG.jpg)
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ begins bombing the North and sends US troops to the South.
![Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/bo22XKBWt67yIHKGfPCuayLqvKc.jpg)
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, while the antiwar movement grows.
![This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yaDK6si5Lrwvalqz9dA15jV8ysP.jpg)
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
![Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/yAJ9yoLrugJ0xkvAEKtKkQFe2tW.jpg)
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
![The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/sePoiBQih5V7A7hSpja8eeLHGkx.jpg)
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.
![The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3lLHdOcsqI3Qm3XcCGXA5uYQwSd.jpg)
Nixon withdraws troops but when he sends forces into Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
![A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/lv5QhfEVklXFO4cjaGpPWIxzSSy.jpg)
South Vietnam fights on its own as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. The POWs return.
![The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/w9XUbr3U5gZABFTwlzdd2GqAwoB.jpg)
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for reconciliation.