第 10 季 共 21 集
播出时间：1997年10月6日
第 1 集 Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy
播出时间：1997年10月6日
A study of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president. Part 1 covers his service during World War I; his accomplishments as a small-time Kansas City politician; his two terms as a Missouri senator.
第 2 集 Truman (2): The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets
播出时间：1997年10月7日
Harry S. Truman recalls his post-WWII economic policies; his 1948 presidential campaign; the Korean War; and his celebrated clash with Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
第 3 集 A Midwife's Tale
播出时间：1998年1月20日
Chronicling the efforts of historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich to gather facts about early American life through the diaries of Maine resident and midwife Martha Ballard (1735?-1812). Included: dramatizations of some of the passages; and the use of town documents to supplement some of Ballard's accounts.
第 4 集 Mr. Miami Beach
播出时间：1998年2月3日
"Vietnam: A Television History" begins by tracing the "Roots of a War" to French colonialism.
第 5 集 Influenza 1918
播出时间：1998年2月10日
"America's Mandarin" looks at the start of America's involvement in Vietnam during the 1950s and '60s.
第 6 集 Reagan (1): Lifeguard
播出时间：1998年2月24日
"LBJ Goes to War (1964-65) examines the escalating American involvement following the Tonkin Gulf Resolution. Interviewed: Gen. William Westmoreland (USA Ret.) and former Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
第 7 集 Reagan (2): An American Crusade
播出时间：1998年2月25日
In "America Takes Charge (1965-67)," GIs recall combat experiences during the years of U.S. military escalation. Also: a sequence in which Americans and Vietnamese describe the same operation.
第 8 集 Surviving the Dust Bowl
播出时间：1998年3月3日
As "Vietnam: A Television History" continues, "America's Enemy (1954-67)" examines the escalating war from the point of view of North Vietnamese leaders and their followers, beginning with the country's partition after the French defeat. Interviewed: former Premier Pham Van Dong.
第 9 集 Riding the Rails
播出时间：1998年4月14日
"Vietnam: A Television History": TV-news footage graphically recalls "Tet 1968," the bold North Vietnamese and Vietcong offensive. The attacks gave the enemy a "brilliant political victory" in the U.S, says former Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
第 10 集 Vietnam: A Television History (7): Vietnamizing the War
播出时间：1997年12月3日
"Vietnam: A Television History": The gradual withdrawal of U.S. troops and their replacement by the South Vietnamese are recalled in "Vietnamizing the War (1968-73)." But morale was low among Americans still in the country, and veterans interviewed recall racial divisions and the availability of drugs.
第 11 集 Vietnam: A Television History (8): Cambodia and Laos
播出时间：1997年12月3日
America's involvement in—and secret bombing of—Cambodia and Laos are chronicled as "Vietnam: A Television History" continues. After the bombing halt in August 1973, the Communist Khmer Rouge advanced on the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, and finally, in April 1975, the city fell.
第 12 集 Vietnam: A Television History (9): Peace is at Hand
播出时间：1997年12月10日
"Vietnam: A Television History": "Peace Is at Hand (1968-73)" recalls the peace negotiations in Paris, including Henry Kissinger's "secret" talks with Le Duc Tho. As the talks dragged on, the U.S. stepped up air attacks.
第 13 集 Vietnam: A Television History (10): Homefront USA
播出时间：1997年12月10日
"Vietnam: A Television History - Homefront U.S.A.," traces the widening rift between supporters and opponents of the war, from the first demonstrations in the mid-1960s to the May 1970 Kent State shootings.
第 14 集 Vietnam: A Television History (11): The End of the Tunnel
播出时间：1997年12月17日
"Vietnam: A Television History" concludes with "The End of the Tunnel," which recalls the 1973 Paris accords and the subsequent collapse of South Vietnam. Included: vivid footage of helicopter evacuations in Saigon during the final hours before the Communists took the city on April 30, 1975.
第 15 集 A Midwife's Tale
播出时间：1998年1月20日
Chronicling the efforts of historian Laurel Thatcher Ulrich to gather facts about early American life through the diaries of Maine resident and midwife Martha Ballard (1735?-1812). Included: dramatizations of some of the passages; and the use of town documents to supplement some of Ballard's accounts.
第 16 集 Mr. Miami Beach
播出时间：1998年2月3日
Recalling the life of Carl Fisher, the entrepreneur who “sold the glamour of Florida” and turned a swampland into Miami Beach. Included: how he developed the resort town using topsoil from the Everglades and sand from Biscayne Bay.
第 17 集 Influenza 1918
播出时间：1998年2月10日
Chronicling the epidemic of the Spanish flu in 1918, which claimed “more than 600,000 lives.” Included: futile attempts to develop a vaccine; and how the virus spread to Europe.
第 18 集 Reagan (1): Lifeguard
播出时间：1998年2月24日
The life and legacy of Ronald Reagan are examined in a two-part study, beginning with his impoverished childhood; his start as a radio sportscaster and career as an actor; his two terms as governor of California; and his 1980 election to the Presidency. Among those interviewed: Nancy Reagan and Ron Reagan Jr.
第 19 集 Reagan (2): An American Crusade
播出时间：1998年2月25日
The conclusion of a biography of Ronald Reagan focuses on the president's second term and includes his defense-spending policies and the Iran-Contra scandal.
第 20 集 Surviving the Dust Bowl
播出时间：1998年3月3日
Children of 1930s Plains farmers recall the Dust Bowl, the eight-year drought that was made far worse by the 30 years of aggressive farming that preceded it. "A lot of people thought it was the end of the world," one survivor says.
第 21 集 Riding the Rails
播出时间：1998年4月14日
