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.

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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 (archive footage)

J. Edgar Hoover

Self (archive footage)

Joseph McCarthy

Self (archive footage)

Daniel Ellsberg

Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.

Hồ Chí Minh

Self (archive footage)

Robert F. Kennedy

Self - Senator (archive footage)

Bob Hope

Self (archive footage)