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>U.S. Military Defeated in Vietnam  - Michael S. Rozeff - Mike Rozeff
The U.S. Military was NOT defeated in Vietnam. The famed TET offensive failed, costing North Vietnam the lives of thousands of irreplaceable Viet Cong.

I arrived in Vietnam three months after TET, 1968, and had no safety concerns about freely moving around the major cities of the South: Can Tho, Ca Mau, etc. Whatever remained of the VC were relegated to what strongholds remained for them. They were no longer a serious threat. The North had shot it's wad.

The media played up the attack, brought the war home to televison, and the Govt lost support. Had the media been as technologically advance in 1941, Roosevelt would have had to sue for peace with the Emperor of Japan after Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal.


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Beginning of the headline : Sociologist Bill Gibson was recorded in 1987 talking abouthis bookon the Vietnam War (The Perfect War: Techno-War in Vietnam).In this video on YouTube, he touches on many interesting aspects of the war, like the myths and delusions of the U.S.military, its leaders and those of the American people... Read More
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