History
Learn more about the history behind the film's little-known story from these articles by historians and journalists.
How anti-Vietnam War Protests Thwarted Nixon’s Plans and Saved Lives
By Robert Levering (Executive Producer), November 12, 2019
Fifty years ago, the antiwar movement overcame internal disarray to mount the epic Moratorium and Mobilization demonstrations, foiling Nixon's escalation plans.
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This Isn’t 1968, It’s 1969.
By Todd Gitlin, June 11, 2020
Author Todd Gitlin explains how today’s movement more closely resembles the Fall 1969 antiwar Moratorium protests than the unrest of 1968.
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Why Bother Protesting When the President Doesn’t Care?
By Mark Engler, October 15, 2019
Richard Nixon told everyone he was indifferent to demonstration—but he was actually obsessed. The event that prompted his stubborn declaration was the Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam.
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Nixon, Kissinger, and the Madman Strategy during Vietnam War
By William Burr and Jeffrey P. Kimball, May 29, 2015
Historians Burr and Kimball in their book unravel the intricate story of the October 1969 nuclear alert, a history that holds important lessons for the present and future about the risks and uncertainties of nuclear threat making.
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Nixon and the 1969 Vietnam Moratorium
By Jon Weiner, January 12, 2010
