Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Gerald R. Ford, 1982

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Title:
Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with Gerald R. Ford, 1982
Description:
Gerald R. Ford had been president of the United States for nine months when in 1975, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to the North Vietnamese, effectively ending US military involvement in Vietnam. He frames the closing of the war in terms of diplomacy - both between the United States and the South Vietnam and between the executive branch and Congress. He also recalls the decisions necessary to an orderly evacuation of South Vietnam, consisting not just of American soldiers and materials but thousands of South Vietnamese considered to be targets of the advancing North Vietnamese. Lastly, he links failures in US policy toward Vietnam with those toward Cambodia.
Author:
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006
Date:
April 29, 1982
Format:
Film/Video
Location:
WGBH
Collection (local):
American Archive of Public Broadcasting Collection
Series:
WGBH > Vietnam: A Television History
Subjects:
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Cambodia
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Peace
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American
Vietnamese reunification question (1954-1976)
War--Economic aspects
Presidents--Messages
Bombing, Aerial Vietnam
Cambodia--History--Civil War, 1970-1975
Capitulations, Military
Economic assistance--Vietnam
Executive power
Atrocities
United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989
Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)
International Relations
Military assistance, American
Evacuation of civilians
Pilots and pilotage
Politics and war
United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam
Vietnam (Republic)
United States--History, Military--20th century
United States--Armed Forces
Ambassadors
Link to Item:
https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-sb3ws8hw2d
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Publisher:
WGBH Educational Foundation