This documentary asks the question, Would Vietnam have gone differently if JFK had lived?
Oregon Sen. Wayne Morse thought so. Before his death, Morse said Kennedy had implied to him personally that he was withdrawing from Vietnam. This film reaches the same conclusion.
Here the argument traces six different occasions when Kennedy disregarded military advice and avoided confrontation and likely war. This past would have extended to Vietnam, the same mind at work.
A highlight here are extended clips from Kennedy's press conferences. How good mannered they seem! How smart the journalists seem! What honor they give our Republic! A far cry from the embarrassment of political discourse today.
This documentary spends too much time on LBJ after the assassination, drifting from its focus. Otherwise, it's a fine job.
