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Strategy in the Vietnam War: Western Concepts, Eastern Conflict and the Roots of Failure.
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Weland, James – New England Journal of History, 1990
Critiques U.S. military assumptions concerning the war in Vietnam. Discusses the North Vietnamese strategic approach to gaining control of South Vietnam. Traces the history of the Vietnam War, analyzing specific U.S. military operations in Vietnam and reasons for their failure. Contends that U.S. strategic ethnocentrism lead to defeat in Vietnam.…
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Ethnocentrism, History Instruction, Military Personnel