Recorded in 2001, this audio commentary features director Peter Davis.
In 1945, Philippe Devillers was assigned as press attaché to French General Philippe Leclerc and concurrently acted as the Indochina correspondent for “Le monde.” Devillers, who authored several books on Vietnam, was critical of French and American policies in Vietnam and here discusses the misco...
As undersecretary of state to President John F. Kennedy, George Ball was an early opponent of America’s military involvement in Vietnam. In Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, he was one of the few advisers to argue against the U.S.’s escalation of the war. He resigned in 1966. In these excerpts,...
Tony Russo made history when he teamed up with Daniel Ellsberg to copy and leak the Pentagon Papers. In 1971, he and Ellsberg were charged with conspiracy, theft, and espionage. Citing governmental misconduct, a federal judge dismissed the charges. Here Russo discusses how his work for the RAND C...
