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Vietnam: A Television History

Season 1 · Episode 3

America's Mandarin: 1954-63

0.01h 0mOctober 11, 1983

With a goal of stopping the spread of communism in Southeast Asia, America replaced France in South Vietnam -- supporting autocratic President Ngo Dinh Diem until his own generals turned against him in a coup that brought political chaos to Saigon.

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Episodes

Episode 1Roots of a War: 1945-53
Episode 2The First Vietnam War
Episode 3America's Mandarin: 1954-63
Episode 4LBJ Goes to War: 1964-65
Episode 5America Takes Charge: 1965-67
Episode 6America's Enemy: 1954-67
Episode 7Tet: 1968
Episode 8Vietnamizing the War: 1969-73
Episode 9Cambodia and Laos
Episode 10Peace is at Hand: 1968-73
Episode 11Homefront USA
Episode 12The End of the Tunnel: 1973-75
Episode 13Legacies