Many times during his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson said that ultimate victory in the Vietnam War depended upon the U.S. military winning the “hearts and minds” of the Vietnamese people. Filmmaker Peter Davis uses Johnson’s phrase in an ironic context in this anti-war documentary, filmed and released while the Vietnam War was still under way, juxtaposing interviews with military figures like U.S. Army Chief of Staff William C. Westmoreland with shocking scenes of violence and brutality.
Genre: Documentary, War Actors: Barton Osborn, Bob Hope, Bobby Muller, Charles Hoey, Clark Clifford, Daniel Ellsberg, David Emerson, Diem Chau, Duong Van Khai, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Edward Sowders, Eugene McCarthy, Father Chan Tin, George Coker, George Patton IV, George Trendell, Georges Bidault, Harry S. Truman, Hồ Chí Minh, I. F. Stone, J. Edgar Hoover, J. William Fulbright, Jerry Holter, John F. Kennedy, John Foster Dulles, Joseph McCarthy, Kay Dvorshock, Lora Sowders, Lyndon B. Johnson, Mary Cochran Emerson, Maxwell Taylor, Michael V. Sulsona, Mui Duc Giang, Ngô Bá Thành, Ngo Dinh Diem, Nguyễn Khánh, Nguyen Ngoc Linh, Nguyen Thi Sau, Nguyen Van Tai, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Randy Floyd, Richard Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Stan Holder, Thich Lieu Minh, Vo Thi Hue, Vo Thi Tu, Walt Rostow, William C. Westmoreland, William Marshall Directors: Peter Davis Production: BBS Productions
