Hearts and Minds

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.

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  Harry S. Truman

  Self (archive footage)
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  Dwight D. Eisenhower

  Self (archive footage)
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  John F. Kennedy

  Self (archive footage)
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  Richard Nixon

  Self (archive footage)
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  Lyndon B. Johnson

  Self (archive footage)
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  J. Edgar Hoover

  Self (archive footage)
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  Joseph McCarthy

  Self (archive footage)
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  Daniel Ellsberg

  Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
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  Hồ Chí Minh

  Self (archive footage)
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  Robert F. Kennedy

  Self - Senator (archive footage)