The Vietnam War took almost two decades and it was the most difficult and longest war for the United States. Thousands of American and Vietnamese soldiers were killed during this horrible war. According to George C. Herring in the first stage of war the U.S. naively assumed that the war would end up quickly, they knew that Vietnamese army was much smaller, but the struggle began when there was the assumption that only military power without well-organized tactic will win the war (412). Despites the odds, the small army of Vietnamese people fought with bravery against anti-communist country. This paper will describe why the United States failed to stop communism in Vietnam. First we will focus on analyzing why the United States tried to contain communism in Vietnam, then how the U.S. underestimate the enemy, after that how such a small nation could fought off the American power and why they had the advantage in their country, then we will describe the internal problems that occurred in the United States, lastly we will state the attitude of citizens of Vietnam towards the American soldiers.
According to Dewey W. Grantham (1998) containing the communism in …show more content…
There were several major advantages that the defender had. Firstly they had really good knowledge about the origin terrain, they knew how to move forces in forests. Even though the North Vietnamese Army count not as many soldiers as American they achieved to suppress the United States invasion. On the other hand they weren’t alone, the aid from communist countries like Soviet Union and China could easily recover the North Vietnamese Army losses (Herring, 415). Also as the Herring states the main power of United States that they wanted to use it at that time was the air strikes (bombing). As the Herring states “The United States had destroyed all major targets by 1967 with no demonstrable effect on the war”
According to Dewey W. Grantham (1998) containing the communism in …show more content…
There were several major advantages that the defender had. Firstly they had really good knowledge about the origin terrain, they knew how to move forces in forests. Even though the North Vietnamese Army count not as many soldiers as American they achieved to suppress the United States invasion. On the other hand they weren’t alone, the aid from communist countries like Soviet Union and China could easily recover the North Vietnamese Army losses (Herring, 415). Also as the Herring states the main power of United States that they wanted to use it at that time was the air strikes (bombing). As the Herring states “The United States had destroyed all major targets by 1967 with no demonstrable effect on the war”