Walter Cronkite Opposed the Vietnam War Because It Was Unwinnable

John Marciano, author of The American War in Vietnam: Crime or Commemoration? (forthcoming in July), writes in Dick and Sharon’s LA Progressive

“The word out of Hollywood is that Steven Spielberg plans to direct a film about famed television commentator Walter Cronkite. According to Variety, it will highlight Cronkite’s protest against the War in Vietnam—especially ‘the role that he played in turning public opinion against the increasingly un-winnable conflict.’ ¶ So goes the myth. In reality, Cronkite never opposed the war itself; rather, he only came to question it after the Tet Offensive made it clear that the U.S. policy in Vietnam was not working….”

Read John Marciano‘s article in The LA Progressive, June 26