Abstract

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.