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Virtual JFK: Vietnam If Kennedy Had Lived
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Documentary |
| Release Date: | September 17, 2008 |
| Running time: | 82 minutes |
| Cast: | John F. Kennedy |
| Director: | Koji Masutani |
| Producer: | Peter O. Almond, James Blight, Janet Lang |
| Writer: | Koji Masutani |
| Distributor: | Global Media Project |
Description: 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? Employed is what Harvard historian Niall Ferguson calls "virtual history," assessing the plausibility of counterfactuals--"what ifs"--and the outcomes they might have produced. Using 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 question is asked: Does it matter who is president on issues of war and peace?
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