Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Watch this Saturday at 9:30 PM ET on C-SPAN 2

Before Lyndon Johnson deployed American troops into Vietnam, the CIA led a coup overthrowing the South Vietnamese government. Jack Cheevers ("Kennedy's Coup") chronicles John Kennedy's involvement.

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