THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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. South Vietnam randomly attacked U.S. soldiers.
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There were too many enemy forces to eliminate.
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Violence broke out between France and Vietnam
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The Vietnamese had more advanced equipment
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Detailed explanation-1: -However, the fundamental reason why the Vietnam War was a limited war was that the United States government never meant to fight it as a total war–it was not even formally declared as a war.
Detailed explanation-2: -The limited war ultimately proved ineffective because the strategy of attrition failed-there were simply too many enemy forces to eliminate.
Detailed explanation-3: -Failure in Vietnam was rooted in a misunderstanding of the type of conflict and a failure to adapt. US commanders continually attempted to make the war fit their understanding of operations, not a true understanding of the conflict itself.
Detailed explanation-4: -Basically because the Vietnamese wanted to win more than the Americans did. There were a couple of reasons for this. First, the Americans were an invading force, and the Vietnamese were fighting on their own soil. Second, the Americans were not willing to make an all-out commitment to win.