Military Lessons: The U.S. Military in the Post-Vietnam Era (1999)
|Military Lessons: The U.S. Military in the Post-Vietnam Era (1999)
The Vietnam War called into question the U.S. Army doctrine. Marine Corps General Victor H. Krulak heavily criticised Westmoreland’s attrition strategy, calling it “wasteful of American lives… with small likelihood of a successful outcome.” In addition, doubts surfaced about the ability of the military to train foreign forces.
Between 1965 and 1975, the United States spent $111 billion on the war ($686 billion in FY2008 dollars). This resulted in a large federal budget deficit.
More than 3 million Americans served in the Vietnam War, some 1.5 million of whom actually saw combat in Vietnam. James E. Westheider wrote that “At the height of American involvement in 1968, for example, there were 543,000 American military personnel in Vietnam, but only 80,000 were considered combat troops.”
Conscription in the United States had been controlled by the President since World War II, but ended in 1973.”
By war’s end, 58,220 American soldiers had been killed, more than 150,000 had been wounded, and at least 21,000 had been permanently disabled. According to Dale Kueter, “Sixty-one percent of those killed were age 21 or younger. Of those killed in combat, 86.3 percent were white, 12.5 percent were black and the remainder from other races.” The youngest American KIA in the war was PFC Dan Bullock, who had falsified his birth certificate and enlisted in the US Marines at age 14 and who was killed in combat at age 15. Approximately 830,000 Vietnam veterans suffered symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. An estimated 125,000 Americans fled to Canada to avoid the Vietnam draft, and approximately 50,000 American servicemen deserted. In 1977, United States President Jimmy Carter granted a full, complete and unconditional pardon to all Vietnam-era draft dodgers. The Vietnam War POW/MIA issue, concerning the fate of U.S. service personnel listed as missing in action, persisted for many years after the war’s conclusion.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_war
Military Lessons: The U.S. Military in the Post-Vietnam Era (1999)
Military Lessons: The U.S. Military in the Post-Vietnam Era (1999)
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hhhmmmm nice point but a fuck you MERICA
just incase you dont under stand cause your stupid …….AMERICAS THE BEST
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This is a gross misuse of visual media. Send me the transcripts but don't take up my time with talking heads. If this was a narration of actual video from Vietnam, it would be a lot more interesting and useful. Better yet, digitize the audio and use it as a voice-over on computer-based or web-based interactive instruction.
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Sera que o cara que esta falando é aguia 100 no battlefield? quantos kills na faca ele tem? hahahaha
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I had a class with Professor Westheider… He is VERY good at what he does. He is amazing with his knowledge about Vietnam.
All yall talking shit about america. But then u all move here to america for a better life. Boy you guys are some real winners. Lmao NOT. Just wondering why us americans cant do the same and go to your country for a better life. Hmmm… Oh yea thats right you guys dont offer us what we offer you when you come to america so shut your mouths and be happy and stop complaining
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This is only some kind of explaining why Vietnamese wipe ass with American soldiers..like Serbian did too..and now Afgan and Irak.. Russia,Chaina ,N. Korea and Iran will just passing by.. America is irelivant more & more every day 😂😂😂😂