The image of desperate people clinging to an evacuation helicopter atop the U.S. embassy only hours before North Vietnamese troops arrived is seared into the American consciousness. This ABC News program anchored by Peter Jennings uses the story of South Vietnam’s last days as a prism through which the dark side of American foreign involvement can be seen. How did the White House and the Pentagon so completely misjudge America’s ability to thwart a people’s revolution in Southeast Asia? (42 minutes)

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Part of the Series : The Century: Events That Shaped the World

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