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The Vietnam War
Riding the Tiger (Explicit Language Version)
Season 1
Episode 22
President Kennedy inspires idealistic young Americans to serve their country and wrestles with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a growing communist insurgency and widespread Buddhist protests, a grave political crisis unfolds.
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1:50:58
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
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1:52:33
South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
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1:52:10
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.
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1:50:55
After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, wins the presidency.
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1:27:48
Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.
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1:28:18
President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.
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1:57:26
US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, as the antiwar movement grows.
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1:57:57
With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ bombs the North and sends US troops to the South.
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1:25:22
After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided.
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1:50:59
Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans & Vietnamese from all sides seek reconciliation.
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1:52:34
South Vietnam fights alone as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. POWs return.
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1:52:11
Nixon withdraws troops but upon sending forces to Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.