Essays
Part III. Essays
These Individual Essays are supplemental to the transcript and linked to specific items and notations therein.
Essay Topics
Ho Chi Minh during and after WWII
Legitimacy of Vietnamese States (Who’s a “regime”)
Laos Accords and Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand
Psychology of Presidents and Anti-War Protestors
Communism: A Threat or an Opportunity?
Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan: The Story Behind The Picture
Racial Issues during the Vietnam War and in the US Today
Foreign Influences in Peace Movements during the Vietnam War
Vietnam Veterans Against the War
Veteran attitudes towards their service
Viet-Kieu The Overseas Vietnamese
Vietnam and the United States Today
Wearing a Che Gueverra T-Shirt
Cast of Characters
U.S. Personalities:
Peter Coyote (Narrator)
Jeane-Marie Crocker
Carol Crocker
Phillip Brady
James Scanlon
Hal Kushner
Ramirez
Valdez
Everett Alvarez
Jim Gilliam
Sam Hines (WWII Vet)
Joe Galloway
Fred Ackerson
Newsreel Reporters:
Seymour Topping
James Mossman
Ed Herlihy
Peter Roberts
Walter Cronkite
Lon Chioffi
Murray Froman
Peter Kalisher
John Scalli
Morton Dean
John Laurence
Howard K. Smith
Warren Rogers
Robert Goralski
Don Webster
Chet Huntley
Richard Threlkeld
Liz Trotta
David Culhane
Michael Holmes
Gabe Pressman
Aime Seerinen
Don North
George Syvertson
Jack Horne
David Barrington
Douglas Kikur
Howard Tuckner
Vietnamese Personalities (both North and South)
Tran Ngoc Toan ARVN Marine
Bui Diem RVN
Lam Quang Thi ARVN
Pham Duy Tat ARVN
Mai Elliott RAND
Nguyen Ngoc NVA
Le Cong Huan
Nguyen Van Tong
Tran Ngoc “Harry” Hue
Le Quan Cong
Cao Xuan Dai
Lo Khuc Tam
Huy Duc
Nguyen Thanh Son
Tran Cong Thang NVA
Ho Huu Lan NVA
Le Van Cho
Binh Thanh Tung
Nguyen Thi Hoa VC
Nguyen Tai NVN Spy
Pham Lui NVA
Nguyen Nguyet Anh NVA