A six-year project from conception to completion, "Vietnam: A Television History" carefully analyzes the costs and consequences of a controversial but intriguing war. From the first hour through the last, the series provides a detailed visual and oral account of the war that changed a generation and continues to color American thinking on many military and foreign policy issues.

Will LymanNarrator

Birch BayhSelf (archive footage)

Lyndon B. JohnsonSelf (archive footage)

John F. KennedySelf (archive footage)

Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf (archive footage)

John Foster DullesSelf (archive footage)

Douglas MacArthurSelf (archive footage)

Harry S. TrumanSelf (archive footage)

Ronald ReaganSelf (archive footage)

Richard NixonSelf (archive footage)

Hồ Chí MinhSelf (archive footage)

Christian de CastriesSelf (archive footage)

Pierre Mendès FranceSelf (archive footage)

Walter CronkiteSelf (archive footage)

Fidel CastroSelf (archive footage)

Никита ХрущёвSelf (archive footage)

Jacqueline KennedySelf (archive footage)

Walt RostowSelf (archive footage)

Robert McNamaraSelf (archive footage)

Ngô Đình DiệmSelf (archive footage)

Madame NhuSelf

Maxwell TaylorSelf

Lady Bird JohnsonSelf (archive footage)

J. William FulbrightSelf (archive footage)

Nguyễn Cao Kỳ DuyênSelf

Jack ValentiSelf

William C. WestmorelandSelf

Bill MoyersSelf

Barry GoldwaterSelf (archive footage)

McGeorge BundySelf