Product Details

• Format: NTSC, Black & White, Color, Full Screen
• Studio: A&E Home Video
• ASIN: B000WMEDH2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #650,914 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

When the Vietnam cnflict began, no one thought that a third world nation could stand up against the battering of the U.S. Air Force and Navy. It was the first exmple of the misplaced arrogance that would define the conduct of the U.S. in the War. And all along, downed pilots and captured soldiers sere subjected to beatings and torture at the hands of the resolute North Vietnamese. With extensive footage from the CBS news archives, Mike Wallace chronicles the failings of the American air war in Vietnam, fro the first raids to the final, massive offensive ordered by Nixon. Pilots talk about why these attacks did not work, and former P.O.W.'s including Senator John McCain share horrific tales of their time in captivity. See how the American policy of making P.O.W.'s into a major issue may have helped ent the war, and hear tapes of some P.O.W.'s broadcast "confessions" which often contained hints as to their wherabouts and situation.