Hearts and Minds
- Released
- 12/20/1974
- Duration
- 1h 52m
- Genre
- Documentary, War
- Country
- United States of America
- Cast
- Clark Clifford, John Foster Dulles, Georges Bidault
Overview
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.
Cast
Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50
Clark Clifford
Self (archive footage)
John Foster Dulles
Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954
Georges Bidault
Self (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73
George Coker
Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson
Walt Rostow
Self - Senator
J. William Fulbright
Self - Former Navy Captain
