Why did the USA lose the Vietnam war?
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- Created on: 29-03-17 16:45
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- Why did the USA lose the Vietnam war
- Military problems
- Lack of unity
- Only served one year, few with experience
- Poor discipline
- Drug abuse common
- Many turned against officers
- Poor discipline
- Only served one year, few with experience
- Poor discipline
- Drug abuse common
- Many turned against officers
- "Soft war"
- R&R
- Lack of unity
- Only served one year, few with experience
- Only served one year, few with experience
- Lack of unity
- Didn't seem hardened enough
- R&R
- Lack of unity
- Tactics
- US tactics
- Search and Destroy
- Limitations
- Civilians often targeted and soldiers missed
- *****, beat, and murdered civilians
- Triggered anti-war protests
- My Lai
- Killed 6 people per weapon captured
- Limitations
- Civilians often targeted and soldiers missed
- *****, beat, and murdered civilians
- Triggered anti-war protests
- My Lai
- Limitations
- Limitations
- Bombing
- Happened in the South and North
- Limitations
- China and the USSR subsidised loses
- Didn't stop the Vietcong
- Gave more reasons to fight
- Simply changed supply routes
- Successes
- Destroyed some targets
- Slowed the Vietcong
- Chemical weapons
- Successes
- Destroyed a large amount of jungle/crops quickly and cheaply
- Limitations
- Did little to change the style of the war
- Use criticised at home and by foreign powers
- Harmed people quite horrifically, was polluting, damaged livlihoods
- Successes
- None particularly successful
- Resulted in supporting the Vietcong
- Search and Destroy
- Vietcong tactics
- Code of conduct
- Meant the Vietcong could hide with the general population and have their support
- Resulted in supporting the Vietcong
- Guerilla tactics
- Involves hiding from the enemy and using ambushing
- Psychological; ambushed at night
- Used because doesn't suit the US military
- Lose the political battle as they end up killing civillians
- Code of conduct
- Meant the Vietcong could hide with the general population and have their support
- Hearts and minds
- R&R
- American dollar ruined the South Vietnamese economy
- Strong American presence
- Built basketball courts, bars, bowling allies
- Prostitution increased; controversial, caused tension in families
- Culture differences
- Racist attitudes
- Saw the Vietnamese as backwards, didn't respect them
- Lack of empathy
- Saw the Vietnamese as backwards, didn't respect them
- Vietnamese couldn't speak English; couldn't communicate or relate
- Lack of empathy
- Lived in such different conditions
- Racist attitudes
- Toture
- Operation Phoenix
- Horrific
- Aid didn't reach the poor due to corruption
- American dollar ruined the South Vietnamese economy
- R&R
- Code of conduct
- Lose the political battle as they end up killing civillians
- Success not measured easily
- Involves hiding from the enemy and using ambushing
- Code of conduct
- US tactics
- Hearts and minds
- R&R
- Strong American presence
- Built basketball courts, bars, bowling allies
- Prostitution increased; controversial, caused tension in families
- Strong American presence
- Culture differences
- Racist attitudes
- Saw the Vietnamese as backwards, didn't respect them
- Saw the Vietnamese as backwards, didn't respect them
- Vietnamese couldn't speak English; couldn't communicate or relate
- Lived in such different conditions
- Racist attitudes
- Toture
- Operation Phoenix
- Horrific
- Aid didn't reach the poor due to corruption
- R&R
- Ineffectiveness of the ARVN
- Corruption and mismanagement
- Relationship with the USA
- ARVN soldiers didn't always want to fight with Americans
- Compromised the ARVN; Vietnamese didn't like the associations
- Poor realtions between the USA and ARVN
- USA military saw them as an after thought
- Tension between ranks
- 80% of the population Buddhist only 5% of ARVN leadership were
- Military problems
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