Season 1

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  8.5/101,203 votes

  Déjà Vu (1858-1961)

  Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/2017

  After a century of French occupation, Vietnam emerges independent but divided into North and South.

  Director: Lynn Novick, Ken Burns

  Writer: Geoffrey C. Ward

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  8.6/10987 votes

  Riding the Tiger (1961-1963)

  Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/18/2017

  As a communist insurgency gains strength, JFK wrestles with American involvement in South Vietnam.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.7/10928 votes

  The River Styx (January 1964-December 1965)

  Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/19/2017

  With South Vietnam near collapse, LBJ begins bombing the North and sends US troops to the South.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.6/10844 votes

  Resolve (January 1966-June 1967)

  Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/20/2017

  US soldiers discover Vietnam is unlike their fathers’ war, while the antiwar movement grows.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.6/10809 votes

  This Is What We Do (July 1967-December 1967)

  Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/21/2017

  President Johnson escalates the war while promising the public that victory is in sight.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.8/10848 votes

  Things Fall Apart (January 1968-July 1968)

  Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/24/2017

  Shaken by the Tet Offensive, assassinations and unrest, America seems to be coming apart.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.5/10768 votes

  The Veneer of Civilization (June 1968-May 1969)

  Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/25/2017

  After chaos roils the Democratic Convention, Nixon, promising peace, narrowly wins the presidency.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.7/10754 votes

  The History of the World (April 1969-May 1970)

  Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/26/2017

  Nixon withdraws troops but when he sends forces into Cambodia the antiwar movement reignites.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.7/10726 votes

  A Disrespectful Loyalty (May 1970-March 1973)

  Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/27/2017

  South Vietnam fights on its own as Nixon and Kissinger find a way out for America. The POWs return.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown

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  8.8/10754 votes

  The Weight of Memory (March 1973-Onward)

  Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/28/2017

  Saigon falls and the war ends. Americans and Vietnamese from all sides search for reconciliation.

  Director: Unknown

  Writer: Unknown