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War on Film – The Vietnam War

James H Willbanks gives an insider's view on the making of The Vietnam War.

ABOVE A suspected Viet Cong soldier carrying a Russian made rifle awaits interrogation, 25 August 1965.

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The end game: how did the Viet Cong win?

Neil Faulkner analyses the reasons for the eventual defeat of the United States in Indo-China.

ABOVE American infantrymen search the trees for Viet Cong snipers during a battle in Phuoc Vinh, South Vietnam, 1967. Above left Ho Chi Minh, Communist revolutionary and nationalist leader of North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front, pictured in 1967.

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The Vietnam War

Vietnam veteran James H Willbanks, who is a consultant to Ken Burns' The Vietnam War, looks back on the conflict that tore the United States apart 50 years ago.