Ep 74: Mark Moyar on Vietnam (New Makers of Modern Strategy #4)
School of War
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The War Between the United States and China
Johnson and McNamara's leadership or maybe actually management would be the better word of the war. They decide to put constru, severe constraints on the use of American power beyond South Vietnam. The opposite actually turns out to be true because it conveys weakness and allows the North Vietnamese to build up their strength. And what's more than is faulted for fighting a war of attrition and trying to bleed the enemy was sort of a lack of strategic imagination.
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