Ep 74: Mark Moyar on Vietnam (New Makers of Modern Strategy #4)
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The Orthodox View of the War
Vietnam is such a vast subject, it probably makes sense to start towards the start. America inherited somewhat unwisely a post-colonial conflict from France that we immediately understood in a Cold War logic of anti-communism. We misunderstood what was in fact much more of a nationalist effort and a complex civil war. Nevertheless, we escalate again foolishly our role in this conflict somewhat drunk on the threat of communism.
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