they vietcong call this a heaven sent gift for them and they stepped up their infiltration of south vietnam. by 1965 lyndon johnson decided he had no choice but to bomb north vietnam and to send american combat troops into south vietnam. this was another step that lansdale opposed to going to help the people of south vietnam but he wanted toen take the lea. he didn't think the the war shd be americanized and begin his advice was ignored and he went back to vietnam from 1965-1968. he was there during the tet offensive and final that in the summer of 1968 feeling dejected, defeated and demoralized because he tried to tell general mormon and others there were not going to win the war with firepower, that they cannot simply kill the vietcong faster than it would be replaced. the only way to w when he said s to stand up a stable legitimate a popular government insight saigon the command the allegiance of his people and his advice was ignored and old when he was not terribly surprised when in 1975 north vietnam invaded every quickly occupied south vietnam. question i raised in my book, the reason

of south vietnam. host: do you see any hope for political settlement without any recognition of the and lf -- nlf? gov. wallace: i don't know exactly -- i could not tell you. i don't know the president knows, or the republicans know, i think we will have to wait and see what comes out of the paris peace talks. we can pray and hope about it, but if they do not get a settlement, an audible settlement from the paris peace talks, in my judgment, we ought to lean on the joint chiefs of staff and have a military conclusion in southeast asia and bring the american serviceman home. and we should also stop the folks in this country from advocating communist victory, and building the morale of the communists. i am tired of our children and grandchildren -- host: how? gov. wallace: stop them how? by inviting a professor that makes a speech calling for communist victory and is printed in a communist world. that aids the communists. a man who raises money, blood, and clothes for the viet cong and flies their flag.

in may he sends helicopters and 400 green berets to south vietnam and authorizes secret operations against the viet cong. this is the gear up. where as broadway, later that year, the risque "how to succeed in business without trying" opens at the 46th street theater on broadway. the show wins seven tony awards and the 1962 pulitzer prize for drama. in 1961, the best musical tony went to "a funny thing happened on the way to the forum." long blacklisted in hollywood and elsewhere, far less successful was "mr. president," which president kennedy and jackie attended at a try-out in washington, d.c. the production made it to broadway but was panned as old fashion despite its topical lighthearted cold war plot. notice, if you will, and it's hard not to, the awesome physical beauty of this couple. the youth movement, jacqueline kennedy, second youngest president elected, and jackie is 33. their spirit is contagious. indeed, kennedy's brief presidency came to be known as "camelot." the nickname had its roots in broadway. of course, kennedy loved the 1960 musical, the music of which was written by

saigon was the capital of south vietnam. and even though the vietcong weren't able to make it into the american embassy and take it over and they were defeated and their bodies were dragged out, the very symbolism of them coming into saigon said, wow, this is much more of a war than we are realizing it is. it is right in our faces. they have cut down our defenses. they're going after our embassy. and we're saying that there's light at the end of the tunnel? so in effect, while the tet offensive didn't bring down the saigon government, one could argue that it brought down the american government. and perhaps nobody was more important in articulating that sense that something seriously was wrong than the person who was considered the most trusted man in america at the time, and that was walter cronkite, yes. walter cronkite does a special report from vietnam, and this is what he had to say and conclude. >> we are closer to victory today. is to believe in the face of the evidence, the optimist who have been wrong in the past. t

saigon was the capital of south vietnam. and even though the vietcong didn't take over the american embassy and they were defeated and the bodies were dragged out. the symbolism of it, it is right in our faces and cut down our defenses and going after our embassy and we're saying that there's light at the end of the tunnel? so, in fact, while the tet offensive didn't bring down the saigon government, one can argue that it brought down the american government. and perhaps, nobody was most important in articulating the sense that something was seriously wrong than the person considered the most trusted man in america at that time and that was? walter cronkite. he does a special report from vietnam and this is what he said to say and conclude. >> we are closer to victory today. is to believe in the face of the evidence, the optimist who have been wrong in the past. that suggest that we are on the edge of defeat is to yield to unreasonable pessimist. to say that we are admired and stalemate seems the only realistic and yet unsat

talks and set up a government with them having an equal voice, or a voice with the other groups in south vietnam, you're really setting the basis for a takeover from the viet cong. >> do you see any hope for political settlement without any recognition from them? gov. wallace: i don't know you.ly -- i could not tell i don't know the president knows, or the republicans know, i think we will have to wait and see what comes out of the paris peace talks. it,an pray and hope about but if they do not get a settlement, and audible wetlement, in my judgment, ought to lean on the joint chiefs of staff and have a military conclusion in southeast asia and bring the american serviceman home. and we should also stop the folks in this country from advocating communist victory, and building morale of the communists. >> how? gov. wallace: by indicting a professor that makes a speech calling for communist victory and is printed in a communist world. that aids the communists. you're right to say get out of the war, but you do have a right to call for a communist victory and every man on the street is sick and tir

vietnam north vietnam was supported bye bye the soviet union and communist china and we supported south vietnam. that's not at all unusual. that's actually. common in iran where we supported the government and iran supported some of the insurgents and various islamist groups like al qaeda supported other insurgents. that's par for the course. civil wars are just one kind of war work. >> host: the next golfer max boot is from hedgesville west west virginia. you are on you are booktv. >> caller: hello, thank you. i have a simple question. i think you are comparing contemporary wars like iraq and afghanistan to the draft during the vietnam war and now we have volunteer armies but i wonder if the author here had come across in his research any data that would show how many people volunteered for vietnam versus were drafted? >> guest: i don't know the figure off the top my head are there were certainly a lot of volunteers earlier in the war. was pretty much all volunteers before they started using draftees and later on there were a number of soldiers and officers who volunteered for more than one to

so there is no question that the gold crisis that we're facing is tied to what's going on in south vietnam. >> senator, will you go into wisconsin and other states to campaign for senator mccarthy? >> yes, i shall. clark. and then i'll come back to you. >> if negotiations begin, will you withdraw? >> i do not plan to. i would -- i think that there is not only a question of negotiations, it's a question of what our position is at the time of negotiations. i think, as i have said before, that the state -- the message that was sent to ho chi minh in february of 1967, which was the basis of our negotiations, was a mistake. so i think that it's a question of what our negotiating position is and what has been accomplished at that period of time and what the conditions and situations are in the country. i think it's all so terribly important what we're doing here in the united states and what is happening in our cities. what is happening in the relationship to people. one to another. age groups. the division that exists in age groups. the division that exists in the races and the divisions that e

that the national liberation front is going to play a role in the future political process of south vietnam. yes, and i've also said in the past that i think that the -- in order to gain -- that the north vietnamese have refused to come to the negotiating table until we have stopped the bombing. i'm in favor of taking that step. they have not requested or suggested that it be done on a permanent basis, and as i have said, if the negotiations are unsuccessful, or they use that period of time in a way that is adverse to our military forces there, then i think that we can take retaliatory action. >> senator? >> senator? if you fail to win the nomination, will you support president johnson or whoever the democratic nominee is? sen. kennedy: i will decide that at the time of the convention. i would hope that through the debate and the discussion that it will be clear that the policies of the united states at the moment, both in southeast asia, in our cities here, and in the undeveloped -- toward the undeveloped nations of the world as well as what needs to be done in our rural areas at home will

american infantry landed by helicopter on the edge of the village of near the northern coast of south vietnam the platoon believed vietcong forces were in the area but they faced no resistance yet five hundred four innocents women children and old men were brutally dragged into ditches and machine guns in the special film reporter josh rushing in. veteran of the marine corps himself took a former member of charlie company back to me live for the first time to meet survivors of that horrific atrocity and now fifty years on from the massacre itself today's rewind is a moving emotional return to the scene of one of the most shocking events of the vietnam war from two thousand and eight here is heart of darkness. these grenades killed all of. the banks. they ordered all of the families to sit or stand in the dish and then they shot after five minutes they shot the second time they heard weeping they shot a third time. for the fourth and my six year old son and i we lie down and news the rights to cover. three or four bodies were found on the. backs of that day march sixteenth one thousand sixty e

1968 with vietcong and north vietnamese forces attacking towns and outposts in a broad swathe of south vietnam. we visited the museum in washington, d.c. to tour exhibit on the ted offensive and battle of way where some of the most intense fighting of the campaign took place. we speak with former stars and stripes photographer john olson about his photos and experiences in the battle. >> in 1967 i arrived in vietnam as a u.s. army draftee. prior to coming to vietnam, i was highly motivated to be a world class photojournalist and combat photographer. i was very fortunate. i ended up with the best job you could have. i was the only photographer assigned to the newspaper stars and stripes. they gave me total freedom to go where i wanted to go and do what i wanted to do. so i spent a year there photographing combat throughout the country. in january of 1968, the ted offensive broke out and if you're a combat photographer, you can't fake it. you need to be in the middle of things. the more dangerous, the better. shortly after ted broke, i learned that the fighting was vicious. i traveled away. i we

as well as countries for the south vietnam, singapore, thailand and other countries. the differences between the united states and china on maritime disputes in east asia are deep and real. there are likely to be resolved without fundamental changes and in domestic political development is either the countries or by major achievements and the relative military and economic performance of both countries. this does not mean the differences will lead to conflict between the us and china. i disagree completely with the logic. it is conflict of somehow inevitable but nonetheless the differences will lead to a sustained period of diplomatic, economic and military competition between the united states, china and the other countries in the maritime borders of east asia. the east china sea for the moment seems relatively stable between japan and china with sort of understanding reached about the meaning and the type of military and paramilitary deployments in the area. but let's turn to the south china sea where there is the most for further activity, crises and hopefully some

because here was a great hair racal entity -- hierarchal entity intervening between north and south vietnam. and failing to completely understand the networks like the viet cong, that were going to be so hard, ultimately impossible to defeat. there was a collusion between a very hierarchal military that was operating on the same basis in the korean war and world war ii, with the command structure that was centralized. this hierarchal could not win the vietnam war. that is a key observation area kissinger understood that. his notes make it clear he identified the fundamental pathology of the american intervention. brian: second question is, was there some extremely easy wait for the united states to exit in january, 1969, when he was national security adviser? and i think, hypothesis to be decided as i write volume two, that nobody at the time seriously believed that you when thet up and leave scale of the american presence was at its peak. it had been excavated by lyndon johnson. what did they do? they rapidly reduce the military presence. administration -- the conflict and it is dramatical

and historians would say, you were not going to win that war if you don't have the people in the south vietnam, the government, the people did not want to fight. you cannot prop it up from outside. it is so ironic and sad and you think of how many people died, both vietnamese and americans. now we can have the good relationships with vietnam. it was really a tragedy. i think michael pointed out that lyndon johnson was afraid that democrats would be criticized for losing a communist state as they lost china. yet, they are the size anyway. -- yet, they are criticized anyway. at least we could have been criticized and not had so many people die and a quicker reconstruction of vietnam. caller: i just wanted to point out something that is missing from the national conversation. we have a personality who happens to be running for governor of one of the states, illinois. he happens to be our brother. i wanted to pick your brain and get your sentiments toward the lack of identity for the democratic party and the lack of engagement for support. guest: well, i think -- first of all, my brother did run f

-backed former government of south vietnam, making them likely targets for persecution if they're deported. osius says a small number of deportations have already happened, and that trump's policy contributed to his decision to resign as u.s. ambassador to vietnam last october. muslim activist, author, and tv personality yassmin abdel-magied has arrived back in london, after she was detained, had her smartphone seized, and was deported by customs and border protection officials after landing in minneapolis, minnesota, on wednesday. abdel-magied is a sudanese-born australian citizen who had been scheduled to speak at the pen world voices festival in new york at a panel titled "the m word: no country for young muslim women." she says she previously traveled to the u.s. on the same visa that was denied this week. in a statement, pen america wrote -- "the barriers for international writers and artists visiting the u.s. are growing, impairing the ability of pen america and other organizations to foster cross border dialogues that are so essential at this time." the incident came two days after

and as those countries further south, vietnam, singapore, thailand and other countries. differences between the united states and china and maritime disputes in east asia are deep and real. they are unlikely to be resolved without fundamental changes in either or both countries are by major changes in the relative military and economic reform in both countries. this doesn't mean these differences lead to conflict between the u.s. and china. i disagree completely with this logic. the conflict is somehow inevitable. nonetheless, differences lead to a sustained period of diplomatic , economic tension between the united states, china and the other countries in the maritime borders of east asia. now, and east china sea for the moment seems relatively stable between japan and china was sort of understandings reached about the type of military and paramilitary deployments in that area. but let's turn to the south china sea where there is the most scope for some creative diplomacy. there were two levels of power in relationships that play in southeast asia. first is the tactical

vietnam. but basically i'm in favor of deescalating the truggle there. i'm basically in favor of the south vietnamese taking over more of the effort and less of the effort being in the hands of the united states government and american soldiers. i am in favor of our making it quite clear to the south veems of their corruption should end that they should have a general mobilization and that they have to draft 18 and 19-year-olds. i'm in favor of negotiating with the national liberation front as i have said and i think that we have to the make that the national liberation front is going to play a role in the future political process of south vietnam. that the national liberation front is going to play i've in order to -- that the north vietnamese have refused to come to the negotiating table until we have stopped bombing. i'm in favor of daking that step. they have not requested or suggested it be done on a permanent basis. and as i've said if the negotiations are unsuccessful or if they use that period of our forces to there then i can we can take retaliatory action. >> if you fail to win t

-backed former government of south vietnam, making them likely targets for persecution if they're deported. osius says a small number of deportations have already happened, and that trump's policy contributed to his decision to resign as u.s. ambassador to vietnam last october. muslim activist, author, and tv personality yassmin abdel-magied has arrived back in london, after she was detained, had her smartphone seized, and was deported by customs and border protection officials after landing in minneapolis, minnesota, on wednesday. abdel-magied is a sudanese-born australian citizen who had been scheduled to speak at the pen world voices festival in new york at a panel titled "the m word: no country for young muslim women." she says she previously traveled to the u.s. on the same visa that was denied this week. in a statement, pen america wrote -- "the barriers for international writers and artists visiting the u.s. are growing, impairing the ability of pen america and other organizations to foster cross border dialogues that are so essential at this time." the incident came two days after

vietnam. australia, the french, and south korea. investor in largest vietnam today. you are talking about why the vietnamese economy has been successful, it has a market economy -- one has to look at parts of europe, but more to developments in asia and the united states. our recognition accelerated a set of patterns that were already going on, and i think that is a more helpful way to see it then that our recognition said something going. >> what about the government and how much freedom the people have? >> it is like china in the sense that there is a one-party state that is running the government and the economy at the same time. the state is not particularly keen on people who don't play by those rules. activists, people sticking out against problems in vietnamese society. there have been celebrated trials where people have been locked up for 10-15 years. way inid, there is a which civil society is engaged in how policies work. there have been peasants in brutal areas where the government was essentially trying to take land away, and they had to back off. these a

if you don't have the people in south vietnam, the government didn't want to fight, from n't prop it outside. it is so ironic and sad when you people died, any both vietnamese and americans, we can have good relationships with vietnam. it was really a tragedy. michael pointed out lyndon johnson was afraid the democrats would be criticized losing a communist state as hey lost china, yet they are criticized anyway. at least we could have been not have seem die and quicker reconstruction of vietnam. host: will joins us from racine, wisconsin. go ahead, sir. caller: how are you doing, mrs. lieutenant governor. i want to point out something that is missing from a national conversation. personality who happens to be running for governor of one of the states got away, illinois and happens to be your brother. brain and ick your see what are your sentiments for for the of identity democratic party and lack of support?t of i kennedy-townsend: well, think -- first of all, my run for governor of illinois and i think he would have been a terrific governor. spent $60 million against him of his own

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this included not only the lord vietnam south of the 1965 intervention with support for military dictatorship and covert intelligence operations abroad corroded the cold war consensus that privileged containment over other priorities and as the consensus we can long -- weekend they assert himself in the process and use control over appropriations to yield -- wield influence the shows of activists lawyers and religious leaders involved in human rights work on new opportunities to shape foreign policy. the support for human rights was linked to domestic concern civil political and social rights during the 60s. but they are a social movement not just as an inspiration to americans about human rights but also gave license to criticize other countries during the eisenhower years america was aware the race relations left it open to considerable criticism and through the voting rights act through those in public life criticism of the race record decline and to gain greater confidence abroad but put another way as united states made progress on the fulfillment domestically it was better situated to c

vietnam. the australians had a huge presence, the french had a huge presence there, and most importantly, south korea had a huge presence in vietnam. they are the largest single foreign investor in vietnam today. that has been true for a very long time. talking about why the vietnamese economy has been so successful, one has to look in parts of europe but in fact more to developments in asia than the united states. our recognition accelerated a set of patterns are already -- that were already going on, and i think that is a more helpful way of seeing it then suggesting our recognition set things in motion. host: if modern vietnam has a market economy, what about its government system and how much freedom do individuals have? dr. bradley: it is like china. there is a one party state that is governing vietnam and running a market economy at the same time. the constraints on freedom of so -- so the constraints on freedom of expression are there in the same way they are in china. the state is not particularly keen on people who don't play by those rules. so human rights activists, people who are sp

and historians would say, you were not going to if you don't have the people in the south vietnam, theovernment, the people did not want to fight. you cannot prop it up from outside. it is so ironic and sad and you think of how many people died, both vietnamese and americans. now we can have the relationships with vietnam. it was really a tragedy. i think michael pointed out that lyndon johnson was afraid that democrats would be criticized for losing a communist state as they lost china. yet, they are the size anyway. at least we could have been criticized and not had 70 people die and a quicker reconstruction -- had so many people die and a quicker reconstruction of vietnam. i just wanted to point out something that is missing from the national conversation. we have a personality who happens to be running for governor of one of the states, illinois. he happens to be our brother. andnted to pick your brain get your sense of the lack of identity for the democratic party and the lack of engagement for support. guest: well, i think -- first of for my brother did run governor of illinois,

china at least is relatively dry got a few big showers in the afternoon drifting into the south china sea towards vietnam but they're not that frequent in the wrong that many of them this mars will increase rather than freezing cloud in sort of way sea actually and rain and that's heading down towards southern borneo and java and this contribution through sumatra and singapore but most of that surprisingly the fertile in myanmar front to be dry the still some big shots possible and have happened recently in the northeast of india and through bangladesh is the season for them rain isn't the story really to be honest apart from these occasional big thunderstorms the obvious is rising heat is india and pakistan next so temperatures will slowly rise by the time we get to tuesday i think new delhi will be above forty rather hard and it should be. the weather sponsored by cattle and release. every dude is being the animal it's been weakened measure to support intelligence agencies are . to do things in secret that are unlawful or politically embarrassing all of the colleagues that i knew chose to retire from t

least is relatively dry i've got a few big showers in the afternoon drifting in from the south china sea towards vietnam but they're not that frequent in the wrong that many of them this mars will increase rather than freezing cloud inside away sea actually and rain and that's heading down towards sudden borneo and java and it's got to be showers through sumatra and singapore but north of that surprisingly you fertile and myanmar front to be dry the still some big showers possible and have happened recently in the northeast of india and through bangladesh is the season for them rain isn't the story really to be honest apart from these occasional big thunderstorms the obvious is rising heat is india and pakistan next so temperatures will slowly rise by the time we get to tuesday i think new delhi will be above forty rather hard and should be. the weather sponsored by cats are always. to one predictable deja's i've been working on north korea policy for almost thirty years i can't tell you what the u.s. policy is towards north korea vying for power they want to deter attack from the united states as the u

about when southwards is going to be under threat of some sort of arrangement in extend into vietnam and south of that we've seen some pretty big sharon and me and mom thailand they repeatable wanted to dance or sumatran java in borneo it looks remarkably clear over the philippines and focus for showers here is well there are many of them in fact we should be seeing the dry season come upon us and given the idea of where the green spots are lucky in the showers that so in the case but of course that means for mainland southeast asia into china the showers are getting more and more pokey they are not visiting a very much of india here in primo and soon heat phase now what rain is falling this logic thing going to be in the far northwest or in the pole or bhutan otherwise it's just too hot. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. being selfish in their champion over nine hundred two teams to researchers. the firm stretches the qur'an and i'm far from a bunch of growth. and one dream dashed by sectarian politics but then stopped being about sports people became pure politics zero world looks ba

my son knows more, at 10 years old he knew more about south sudan than vietnam. there is the upside potential of connectedness but we have seen the downside, it can be co-opted as has happened in various ways. my sense, i created a course called blogging a better planet where student had to create a blog with a function of making the world a better place and it requires testing and at the local level, more facebooky people man snapchat people. my son likes snapchat but on facebook the upside is there, magically created a website where - and find out what it was. there is a great potential just like anything else. and the downside is will. these horrible videos, and disenchanted wackos to organize. not everyone should be involved but it is a crucial part of writing. everyone used to read the new york times book review and many still do and the way you find out is increasingly through these channels and the last thing relates to the psychology, the psychological issues. when you do that recognize you are in a bubble. and you are in a cell membrane in the world outs

vietnam's northern i corps. and however, the battalion i was assigned to had been detached and part of an outfit called task force south which had been stationed on the border between two corps and three corps on the coast of vietnam and a small province. >> so you ended up in fan tee yet? >> that's where our brigade -- that's where task force south ed quarters was and that's where our battalion headquarters was. >> okay. when you arrive in vietnam, you get off the plane, what it was like in reception? did your unit pick you up immediately or did you go to some sort of reception? >> no. we went to -- i can't remember the name of it, but it was a replacement center at long bend. i actually got in the main airport in saigon, north of saigon. long bend was a major, huge logistical base just adjacent to that and that's where the replacement center was. i think it was called 90th replacement center. that's basically where all of the vietnam replacements went through. >> okay. >> from there you got your unit assignment which, for me, was the 101st. and because the division headquarters was still located in benoit next to tha

significant damper hundred eighty eight millimeters in may rain will develop further south and across the border in vietnam we include hong kong in this as well so humid feel and the wet feel the start of spring rains i would think we've seen significant showers in northeastern india last few days in the northwest and or pakistan but the biggest regular shower in the south now as you might expect in sri lanka the fos out of india fifty to sixty millimeters daily is not atypical but between these two areas it's just getting increasingly holt and he would have no chance of any significant rainfall for a couple of months yet there were some interesting thunderstorms which were preceded by a dust storm going through in the last twenty four hours or so the sunday picture looks fine unsettled that doesn't mean it's over the cloud is rebuilding the winds fairly light but in time see a forecast of cloud like this suspect rather rising dust and sand or thunderstorms so this could well be the case the entocort recite more importantly the qatar bahrain possibly briefly the u.a.e. as well. oversimple ministers for eve

everywhere else on southwards is going to be under threat of some sort of arrangement in extend into vietnam and south of that we've seen some pretty big sharon and me in montana on the repeatable wanted to dance for sumatra in java in borneo it looks remarkably clear over the philippines and. here is well there are many of them in fact we should be seeing the dry season come upon us and given the idea of where the green spot soft would lock in the showers at certain the case but of course that means for mainland southeast asia into china the showers are getting more and more pokey. they are not yet visiting the very much of india here in primo and soon heat phase and what rain is falling as large a thing going to be in the far northwest or in the pole or bhutan otherwise it's just too hot. the weather sponsored by cattle and race. for the benefit of people. who see the importance of our cars. witness documentaries that open your eyes. at this time on al-jazeera. in recent years the sawhill of north africa as witness the so-called war on terror . but is this official narrative. masking a larger battle

vietnam. >> really? >> yes. and that was quite an experience. fortunately, we didn't run into any contact. >> was this on a river? >> no. it was off the south china sea. they -- my battalion commander decided, i don't know what intelligence -- there was always a problem, you know, the people who needed the intelligence in vietnam never got it until you didn't need it. >> sure. >> so at the brigade or i guess the division, whatever high level, they had some intel about this nva base camp or whatever, and all i knew was that you're going to go in there, the typical phrase at the time was reconnaissance and force. and they gave me, and this was a battalion operation, one of the rare battalion operations that i participated. in one company was going to air assault off to the west. another one was going to drive down from the north. the classic what they called hammer and anvil kind of tactic that never worked. and then i was going to come in with my company from the sea and i said, well, okay, that's interesting. how are we going to do that? i said, i don't swim very well. they had some old world war ii landing craft, lcis, i think, landing cra

vietnam. i'm a college grad, i've been to many. the thing that disturbances me the most is i'm a product of the civil rights movement and the south. january 1955 i was 9 years old.