Analysis Of Source D. Truong Nhu Tang

Summary of Source D
Truong Nhu Tang an original member of the Viet Cong. In his 1985 memoir, reflects on the Viet Cong’s approach saying thier strategy was established on a solid basis and confirmed for the foreseeable future. He states that the goals remained to affect a withdrawal of United States from South Vietnam and to bring negotiations between the two forces and to achieve a new Southern government certain political objective would be pursued through focus on three fronts: political, military and diplomatic. He said they would simultaneously confront the enemy in the field, making use of the domestic support and gathering allies internationally not forgetting the American people themselves. This strategy was to characterize their
Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson. His leadership was a critical factor in US troop build-up in Vietnam. This summary is an extract is from his 1995 memoir, titled In Retrospect. In this he states that he believes the US could and should have withdrawn from South Vietnam either in late 1963 in the turmoil of Diem’s assassination or in late 1964, early 1965 during mass political and military weakness in South Vietnam. According to Robert they misjudged the geopolitical intentions of their opponents which in this case, ended up being North Vietnam and the Viet Cong, fully supported by China and the Soviet Union. He continues by saying that they over dramatized the dangers to the United States of their actions viewed the people and leaders of South Vietnam poorly in terms of their own experience, saw in them a determination to fight for their freedom and democracy. He agrees that they totally misjudged the political forces of the country. They underestimated the ability of nationalism to motivate, people in this case, the North Vietnamese people and Viet Cong to fight , die for their beliefs and
It becomes evident that their strategy in North Vietnam was to take the war to the enemy by selective use of United States air and naval power. We see that they controlled military installations and the plan was that industrial facilities that get mass support for the aggression would be attacked. The US controlled movement within, into, and out of North Vietnam. Their plan was to deny the Vietnamese the great psychological and national advantage of having a base. The never-ending application of force was designed to cripple North Vietnam’s war-making capacity. It was planning on forcing major replenishment, repair, and construction efforts, we see that Hanoi’s capability to support military operations in South Vietnam was progressively reduced. The strategy for South Vietnam was to find and destroy Communist forces and infrastructure by hectic offensive military operations. United States and Free World Military Forces, coordinated with the KVNAF [South Vietnamese armed forces] and took the fight to the enemy by attacking its main force and disturbing the lines of communication on land, the coast and on inland waterways. Reconnaissance operations increased, intelligence collections improved, bombardment of enemy base intensified. The hope was that these