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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 19 min. 31 sec.) ; 456336619 bytes |
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50 years since John F Kennedy was elected President of the United States is a good time to re-examine his legacy.Virtual JFK investigates one of the most debated "what if" scenarios in the history of U.S. foreign policy: What would President John F. Kennedy have done in Vietnam if he had not been assassinated in 1963, and had he been re-elected in 1964? The resulting film employs what Harvard historian Niall Ferguson calls "virtual history," assessing the plausibility of counterfactuals - "what ifs" - and the outcomes they might have produced. Based on the research and analysis of James G. Blight (academic advisor on the Oscar-winning The Fog of War) the film makes use of an array of resources including recently declassified and never-before-seen archival footage, documents, and audio tapes, and testimony from a critical oral history conference including Kennedy and Johnson administration officials. The heart of the film deals with the question: Does it matter who is president on issues of war and peace? (From the US) (Documentary) PG CC WS |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-10-12 at 22:00:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Imaginary histories.
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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
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Presidents -- Decision making.
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Vietnam War (1961-1975)
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Streaming video
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Blight, James G, cast
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Humphrey, Hubert H, cast
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Johnson, Lyndon B, cast
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Kennedy, John F, cast
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Masutani, Koji, director
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McNamara, Robert S, cast
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