Walter Cronkite. LBJ's inferred statement about Cronkite was, "if I've lost Cronkite...I've lost the war."
communism
Presuming you mean the government supported by the US: The Republic of South Vietnam.
communist
One of the two events that caused Americans to become disillusioned with the Federal government during the first half of the 70's was the energy crisis. The second thing was the growing concern about the environment.
SOUTH Vietnam was called the "REPUBLIC of South Vietnam." Everyone in those days just called North Vietnam...NORTH VIETNAM.
Discontent with the government.
North Vietnam took over South Vietnam shortly after we left and Vietnam became Communist, and still is today!
Had to, US troops=US government.
Before reunification, Vietnam was divided into North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam had a Sino-Soviet backed Communist government, while South Vietnam had a Western-backed Democratic government (at least in principle). Prior to the division of North and South Vietnam, it was subject to a French colonial government, whose control of the region was interrupted during WWII, when a Japanese occupational government controlled the region.
Robin Williams as a DJ on Armed Forces Radio in Vietnam, "Good morning Vietnam." PBS' David Lamb's book, "Vietnam, Now - A Reporter Returns," has a great deal of information about the inside workings of the press during the Vietnam War. CBS reporter Morley Safer also wrote a book about Vietnam called "Flashbacks - On Returning to Vietnam." Although Safer spends more time talking about his trip than he does recalling the way things were in 1965 when he was in Saigon.
The North Vietnamese Government.
Presidents: Eisenhower, Kennedy, LBJ, Nixon, and Ford.