Open AccessFAILURE OF THE AMERICAN MILITARY IN THE NEO-COLONIALIST WAR IN VIET NAM (1954-1975)
Author(s) -
Sen Van Vo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
khoa học công nghệ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1859-0128
DOI - 10.32508/stdj.v12i1.2195
Subject(s) - offensive , viet nam , vietnam war , political science , military science , aggression , political economy , development economics , criminology , engineering , law , economy , sociology , psychology , social psychology , economics , operations research
the paper analyses the failure of the basic prevailing thinking adopted by the US military during the war of aggression in Viet Nam, specifically: - The over-estimate of US military capability, and its reliance on modern weapon technology - The US failure to obtain a trategic position of strength - The US failure to resolve conflicting military tactics between fighting fast and long standing fighting, between diffusion and concentration, between defensive and offensive... when facing the Vietnam people's war.