Things Fall Apart -
vietnam war

Seeing the violence and brutality of the Tet Offensive unfold on television, Americans begin to doubt Johnson's promise of "light at the end of the tunnel." LBJ decides not to run again. The country is staggered by assassinations and unrest.

Episode Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes and 48 seconds

Episode Number: 106

About Vietnam War:

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick tell the epic story of the war as it's never before been told on film.

The 10-part series features testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, American and Vietnamese, bringing the war and its chaotic epoch viscerally to life.

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