Strategic Mistakes In Vietnam
On December 1974, North Vietnam captured the province of Phước Long and started a full-scale offensive, culminating in the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. A provisional government while under military occupation by North Vietnam briefly ruled South Vietnam. On 2 July 1976, North and South Vietnam were merged to form the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This Communist victory in Vietnam was due mostly to “the strategic mistakes of the U.S.” This question’s point is “mostly.” Of course each of these causes had some reasons for the Communist victory in Vietnam. However, “the strategic mistakes of the U.S.” was the most important cause of the Communist victory in Vietnam. There are three reasons that the strategic mistakes happened: first, misunderstood
the operational environment in Vietnam. Second, the government, people in the U.S. (citizen) and military were unbalanced and their objectives were totally different. Third, the government of the U.S did not understand the power of Media and could not inflect it for the strategy.
the operational environment in Vietnam. Second, the government, people in the U.S. (citizen) and military were unbalanced and their objectives were totally different. Third, the government of the U.S did not understand the power of Media and could not inflect it for the strategy.