"Vietnam Hindsight" Part 1: How It Began
First of a two-part examination of US involvement in Vietnam a decade ago. Includes appearances by Roswell Gilpatric, former secretary of defense George Ball, General Maxwell Taylor, former military adviser John Kenneth Galbraith, war correspondent David Halberstam, and former special assistant to the President Arthur Schlesinger. Others appearing are General Paul Harkins, Lt. Col. John Vann, former military adviser Rufus Phillips, Michael Forrestal, Frederick Nolting, former ambassador to South Vietnam,
Roger Hilsman, former assistant secretary of state, and Mme.Nhu, sister-in-law of Ngo Dinh Diem. Also clips of President John F. Kennedy and former defense secretary Robert McNamara.