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It was the first war to feature nightly broadcasts on television.
Vietnam was the first war in history that played out nightly on national television. The pictures and video from the war zone were shocking to many Americans and caused disillusionment for our role in the fighting.
It was first aired as a TV miniseries September and October of 2001.
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Because it had alot of publicity, unlike most other wars, and tended to favour the Vietcong's perspective. It was also this level of publicity specifically in the Tet Offensive that caused most US citizens to criticise the war in Vietnam.