Essay: Vietnam
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While most Americans persist in the belief that the United States lost the war in Vietnam, there is considerable evidence to suggest that the U.S. military and intelligence services, operating under the political and diplomatic constraints imposed on them by politicians, the public, Cold War circumstances, and international public opinion were not, and never were, defeated on the battlefield.
Create an essay either supporting or opposing this idea. Did the U.S. really lose the war? Discuss the strategies and tactics used during the "big unit" war and the later "one approach" war. What evidence is there to support the suggestion that the U.S. actually won the ground war? In what ways was the U.S. military and intelligence services successful and in what ways did they fail?