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NBC WHITE PAPER: VIETNAM: LESSONS OF A LOST WAR (TV)
Summary
One in this series of irregularly scheduled documentaries. This program includes interviews with retired Navy Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale, retired Navy Captain John J. Herrick, former Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Colonel Harry Summers of the Army War College, Indochina specialist Douglas Pike, journalist Peter Braestrup, political science professor Larry Berman, and former Deputy Secretary of State George Ball. Also included are clips of former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, General William Westmoreland, President Lyndon B. Johnson, and others; and a discussion about the Vietnam War, the Gulf of Tonkin incident, the Tet Offensive, and other topics.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: April 27, 1985 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:48:20
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T86:0273
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Tet Offensive, 1968; Tonkin, Gulf of - Incident, 1964; U S - History; Vietnam War
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1960-1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Anthony Potter … Executive Producer, Director, Writer
- William Turque … Producer, Director, Writer
- Anne Boggan … Associate Producer
- Patricia Creaghan … Associate Producer
- Marvin Kalb … Writer, Reporter
- George Ball
- Larry Berman
- Peter Braestrup
- John J. Herrick
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Robert S. McNamara
- Douglas Pike
- Dean Rusk
- James B. Stockdale
- Harry Summers
- William Westmoreland