Synopsis

The conflict in Vietnam deepens, its toll increasingly agonizing. The people of South Vietnam, caught between the Viet Cong and internal divisions, are themselves the primary victims of a war that claims more civilian lives than military ones. Is the United States fighting to secure freedom from Communism for the Vietnamese people? And can victory be achieved, particularly in the hearts and minds of those who live there? For six weeks, Michael Charlton and a Panorama unit have journeyed throu