Hearts and Minds

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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  Peter Davis

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  Clark Clifford
  Self - Aide to President Truman 1946-50
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  John Foster Dulles
  Self (archive footage)
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  Georges Bidault
  Self - French Foreign Minister in 1954
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  Harry S. Truman
  Self (archive footage)
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  Dwight D. Eisenhower
  Self (archive footage)
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  John F. Kennedy
  Self (archive footage)
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  Richard Nixon
  Self (archive footage)
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  Lyndon B. Johnson
  Self (archive footage)
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  George Coker
  Self - Prisoner of War 1966-73
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  Walt Rostow
  Self - Aide to Presidents Kennedy, Johnson
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  J. William Fulbright
  Self - Senator
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  Randy Floyd
  Self - Former Navy Captain
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  Charles Hoey
  Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
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  Jerry Holter
  Self - U.S. Air Force, Saigon
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  J. Edgar Hoover
  Self (archive footage)
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  Joseph McCarthy
  Self (archive footage)
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  Stan Holder
  Self - Former Corporal
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  Bobby Muller
  Self - Former 1st Lieutenant
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  Daniel Ellsberg
  Self - Former Aide, Defense Dept., Rand Corp.
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  William C. Westmoreland
  Self - Commanding General, Vietnam 1964-68