10/1 - 10/7
2017
All times are EST
Previously aired
THE VIETNAM WAR
After a long and brutal war, Vietnamese revolutionaries led by Ho Chi Minh end nearly a century of French colonial occupation. With the Cold War intensifying, Vietnam is divided in two at Geneva. Communists in the north aim to reunify the country, while America supports Ngo Dinh Diem’s untested regime in the south.
President Kennedy inspires idealistic young Americans to serve their country and wrestles with how deeply to get involved in South Vietnam. As the increasingly autocratic Diem regime faces a growing communist insurgency and widespread Buddhist protests, a grave political crisis unfolds.
With South Vietnam in chaos, hardliners in Hanoi seize the initiative and send combat troops to the south, accelerating the insurgency. Fearing Saigon’s collapse, President Johnson escalates America’s military commitment, authorizing sustained bombing of the north and deploying ground troops in the south.
Defying American airpower, North Vietnamese troops and materiel stream down the Ho Chi Minh Trail into the south, while Saigon struggles to “pacify the countryside.” As an antiwar movement builds back home, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and Marines discover that the war they are being asked to fight in Vietnam is nothing like their fathers’ war.
American casualties and enemy body counts mount as Marines face deadly North Vietnamese ambushes and artillery south of the DMZ and Army units chase an elusive enemy in the central highlands. Hanoi lays plans for a massive surprise offensive, and the Johnson Administration reassures the American public that victory is in sight.
Examine the Latino experience during a war that placed its heaviest burden on working-class youth and their communities.
CRAFT IN AMERICA
THIS OLD HOUSE
Take a tour of the completed project house, including the addition at the back and the landscaping.
ASK THIS OLD HOUSE
Tom uses heart pine to make a cutting board. Scott installs thin LEDs in a living room.
A CHEF’S LIFE
See the part that pig tails, ham hocks and fatback play in Carolina cuisine.
MARTHA BAKES
See showstoppers from the South: buttermilk pie, bourbon bread pudding and heavenly carrot cake.
The David Rubenstein Show: Peer to Peer Conversations
Tune in as David Rubenstein interviews OWN CEO Oprah Winfrey.
THE MIND OF A CHEF
Learn why Chef Kinch believes no meal should take more than 25 bites to finish.
INDEPENDENT LENS
Meet the indomitable Dolores Huerta, who has tirelessly led the fight for racial and labor justice.
