Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite — Season 1, Episode 1: The Seeds of Conflict
Documentary • 46 min • 1 season, 12 episodes
Episode synopsis
From the French defeat at Dien Bien Phu to the Gulf of Tonkin incident, this program chronicles America's growing entanglement in Vietnam. Watch as the United States becomes mired in an escalating war for the hearts and minds of the Vietnamese people.
About Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
For decades the war in Vietnam was the central drama on the stage of Southeast Asia. It was an intensely publicized war, the first television war that came roaring into the living rooms of America every night. Walter Cronkite tells the story of the long and divisive conflict as seen through the eyes of CBS News.