The United States military employed another justifying the ends means to a conflict. During the opening stages of the war, the upper echelon of civilian and military leadership thought by using relentless bombings attacks over North Vietnam, this would break the will of the Vietnamese people. Again this perception was proved wrong. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and various military leaders assumed that producing a large enemy body count would bring the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table. Well, this option failed. Instead of using bullets and bombs, winning the hearts and minds of the people should have been the order of the
The United States military employed another justifying the ends means to a conflict. During the opening stages of the war, the upper echelon of civilian and military leadership thought by using relentless bombings attacks over North Vietnam, this would break the will of the Vietnamese people. Again this perception was proved wrong. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and various military leaders assumed that producing a large enemy body count would bring the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table. Well, this option failed. Instead of using bullets and bombs, winning the hearts and minds of the people should have been the order of the