A cold, hard, war costing millions of soldier’s lives, was the brutal honesty of the Vietnam War. The United States, though not the initial instigators of the internal conflict between South and North Vietnam, would come to experience the deleterious effects of that war. “Why Vietnam,” is an attempt to explain the necessity of Americas involvement. President Lyndon Johnson opens by reading a letter written by a mother who asks the pivotal question, “Why do we fight in Vietnam? Why Vietnam?” The narrator then attempts to answer the question, explaining how communism is an evil that lurks in the dark and how without the U.S. joining the battle, communism would flourish and take over the bright parts of the world. It includes pivotal world history event, such as World War II, that paved the way for Vietnam and outlines President Johnson’s policy towards the war.
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Why Vietnam?
Why Vietnam?
Produced: 1965
Length: 31 Minutes
A cold, hard, war costing millions of soldier’s lives, was the brutal honesty of the Vietnam War. The United States, though not the initial instigators of the internal conflict between South and North Vietnam, would come to experience the deleterious effects of that war. “Why Vietnam,” is an attempt to explain the necessity of Americas involvement. President Lyndon Johnson opens by reading a letter written by a mother who asks the pivotal question, “Why do we fight in Vietnam? Why Vietnam?” The narrator then attempts to answer the question, explaining how communism is an evil that lurks in the dark and how without the U.S. joining the battle, communism would flourish and take over the bright parts of the world. It includes pivotal world history event, such as World War II, that paved the way for Vietnam and outlines President Johnson’s policy towards the war.
