American Experience

Season 9 Episode 12: Vietnam: Parts III & IV - LBJ Goes to War/America Takes Charge

36 SeasonsJun 02, 1997TV-PG55m6.8

LBJ Goes to War (1964-65) examines the escalating American involvement following the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Interviewed: Gen. William Westmoreland (USA Ret.) and former Secretary of State Dean Rusk.

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Season 9 Episodes:

Episode 4 Hawaii's Last Queen

4. Hawaii's Last Queen

Aired: Jan 27, 1997

Liliu'okalani moved easily between two worlds -- she had dined at the White H...

Episode 5 The Telephone

5. The Telephone

Aired: Feb 3, 1997

The telephone was first introduced at the Centennial Exposition in 1876 and w...

Episode 7 New York Underground

7. New York Underground

Aired: Feb 17, 1997

Follows the construction of the New York City subway system in the early 1900s.

Episode 9 Gold Fever

9. Gold Fever

Aired: Apr 28, 1997

At the age of nineteen, Nellie Bly talked her way into an improbable job on a...

Episode 10 Gold Fever

10. Gold Fever

Aired: May 12, 1997

The 1890's in America were desperate times. A depression brought bank and bus...

Episode 16 The Fall of Saigon

16. The Fall of Saigon

Aired: Jun 30, 1997

"Vietnam: A Television History": The gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops and th...


Info about American Experience

Current Status: Returning Series

Network: PBS

Production Country: United States

Genres:Documentary, History, Biography