The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)

With South Vietnam in chaos, hardliners in Hanoi seize the initiative and send combat troops to the South. President Johnson escalates America's military commitment, authorizing bombing of the North and deploying ground troops in the South.

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Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : PBS, [2017]
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Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 55 min., 12 sec)) : sound, color.
Series: Vietnam War: A Film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • "Mogie" Crocker (3:01);
  • South Vietnam Governments (6:49);
  • Change in North Vietnam (3:27);
  • Covert Vietnam Operations (4:06);
  • Gulf of Tonkin Incident (7:33);
  • Tonkin Gulf Resolution (4:00);
  • Choosing Military Service (5:26);
  • Battle of Binh Gia (10:47);
  • Widening the War (4:15);
  • American Ground Troops (6:17);
  • Opposition to the War (4:44);
  • Combat Mission Designation (6:26);
  • Journalism and Landscape (3:31);
  • Viet Cong Superiority (5:25);
  • Additional American Forces (5:55);
  • Air Mobile Warfare (2:36);
  • Siege of Plei Me (2:47);
  • Battle of Ia Drang (14:14);
  • Lessons in the Ia Drang Valley (3:37);
  • Policy Error vs. Cover-ups (3:56);
  • Christmas in Vietnam (2:42);
  • Credits: The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965) (3:08);