Why do Americans no longer trust their leaders? Today, I'll tell you how the lies of Vietnam polarized America, leading to a cultural revolution that changed the country forever.

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Music Credits:
-Fortunate Son, Creedence Clearwater Revival (Live)
-Paint it Black, The Rolling Stones (Instrumental)
-Kashmir, Led Zeppelin (Instrumental)
-Ohio, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (Live)

Journalist and Writer: Julia Neuville

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Directed, Co-written, and Edited by: Arthur Genre

Thanks to Olivier Burtin, historian of contemporary United States.

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00:00 Introduction
1:15 Trade Republic
2:39 When America Believed in Its Government
4:19 The Communist Threat
6:56 America Enters the War
9:41 1965, the Decisive Year
14:24 The First Protests
18:43 The Birth of the Hippies
22:09 A Divided America
23:09 The Tet Offensive, the Turning Point of the War
26:38 America at War with Itself
33:35 The Birth of the Culture Wars
36:19 The Pentagon Papers, the Death of Trust
39:40 The End of the War, and the Fall of Nixon
44:02 The War in Cinema
46:33 An Irreconcilable America