If you read my two prior blogs addressing this subject you will understand where I’m going with my discussion of Barbara Tuchman’s analysis of the Vietnam War. If you missed them, here they are:The Vietnam War RevisitedThe Vietnam War Revisited – Part 2 The blogs contain links to other pertinent blogs about the basically misunderstood […]
The Vietnam War Revisited – Part II – It Did Not Have to Be That Way
If you read my first blog with this title posted in January 2019, you have some understanding how that controversial war divided and polarized our society into political camps that persist over five decades later. We suffer a form of national PTSD as a consequence of the confusion and myths that Vietnam engendered. Negative societal […]
Vietnam: The Day It Became the Longest War
Vietnam – The Longest War A fellow Vietnam vet, a Marine A4 / CAS pilot, sent me a very revealing link that will shock you. It’s an excerpt of a book chapter written by Lt. General Charles Cooper, USMC (Ret) that demonstrates LBJ’s disingenuous behavior, his micromanagement and mismanagement of the Vietnam War. He believed […]
Operation Rolling Thunder – Part II
A Followup – Operation Rolling Thunder From 1965 to 1968, the 7th Air Force conducted “graduated bombing” of North Vietnam targets to persuade the enemy to come to terms dictated by the LBJ administration to end the war and limit their ability to conduct the war. The backbone of the operation was the Wild Weasel […]
Vietnam War Veteran Wannabes
A recent highly publicized confrontation in Washington, DC over MLK’s birthday between a Native American claiming to be a “Vietnam Vet” and visiting Catholic high school children highlights the shameful state of American politics and discourse. Unfortunately, more than a few individuals game the system, like this fellow. He was a veteran of the era, […]
The Domino Theory – The Vietnam War
Vietnam War and The Domino Theory How well do you understand the Domino Theory? Do you know the background? Half our population was not born in the sixties, so I doubt they have any idea why it was the pretext for our involvement in a SE Asian war lasting from 1961 to 1975. Others may […]
