The Vietnam War - Part 7

The Vietnam war was an interesting period that included interesting pieces against the war vs hippies and the antiwar movement. The Vietnam War book was requested by my cousin as it was an interesting period and the start of the war against America's enemy- communist China and the Viet Cong. The Vietnam War was one of the longest wars in modern history, which was one of the few that the U.S lost with the United States being a rare country that has a plus 90%-win rate in wars. This piece of writing on the Vietnam War includes first, second and third person sources.

The Vietnam War included heavily militarized areas: included 525,000 men and the CIA’s analysis cost many American Lives which they categorized as an attrition war. The CIA analyzed that the Vietnam war couldn’t be won – but couldn’t be lost. There were 50,000-60,000 casualties a year in a war of attrition that the CIA analyzed that they couldn’t drive the communists out but, the communists couldn’t drive them out either.

The Vietnam war was one of the few wars that the United States lost. Lyndon B. Johnson lead a major invasion of North Vietnam at the very peak of the war which even included a 30% increase of troops. The North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong turned the tide of war by killing, disabling or capturing 50,000+ troops. Afterward, the United States increased the maximum troops from the previous ceiling of 470,000- up to 525,000 men which was a 55,000 men increase. The 82nd Airborne Division – led by General Wheeler was one of the most effective units against the Viet Cong. The pentagon chiefs lead the war as well as overcommitted in a conflict that cost many American lives. The Vietnam war was one of the highest casualty wars - also the CIA analyzis showed that they couldn’t win.

The Vietnam War was a no-one wins war. The Vietnam War was over a decade long and was highly problematic. The Vietnam war was a high casualty event which costed 50-60,000 U.S lives a year even with a high amount of reinforcements. The CIA’s analysis said that the war couldn’t be won in South Vietnam, however it couldn’t be lost either, so it was a war of attrition. The presidents were troubled and struggled in there policies with Vietnam. The CIA analyzed the outcomes of the Vietnam War and realized that it was an attrition war as well as a war that they couldn’t win or lose. Although the Vietnam War was an attrition war, the Viet Cong were making progress and started turning the tide of the war and sapping the Americans will to fight.

The Joint Chief of Staff sent over 500,000 reinforcements into Vietnam however the war was still not going well. The advisory council of Vietnam was a highly experienced group and they did great job however they were mostly war hawks. This meant that they were inclined to support war in general. The policy changed after 1968 in that 200,000 additional troops were included to be deployed by the council. They were not supposed to fight. The road to peace included a change of advisors and they held a deeply felt conviction to support the military, to support the American nation and there policies.

  The Vietnam War was a 17-year conflict that was a disaster and one of the only wars that the Americans Lost. The Vietnam War costed 50-70 thousand lives a year and the increase in troops cost over 10 billion dollars a year in 1970 money. The Vietnam War was a major problem for the United States and also was highly indicative of a defunct United States/ warmongering against the communists.