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Why US Forces were unable to defeat the Vietcong


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Why US Forces were unable to defeat the Vietcong

... Why US Forces were unable to defeat the Vietcong The reason for US forces failing to defeat the Vietcong was because of the Vietcong's clever, organised guerrilla tactics which they learned from China. The Vietcong didn't believe in taking chances, so this meant they never took action unless they were 100% sure about the outcome. Ho Chi Min was an eminently intelligent leader who instructed the Vietcong to nibble at the enemy and slowly destroy his mind. The differences in tactics between the US and the Vietcong were great and as the years went on the US army became demoralised. Source C is an extract from the book 'A Rumour of War' written by an American soldier called Philip Caputo in 1977. Part of this source refers to the US downfall of what they were actually good at, set battles. The US policy of search and destroy was very unsuccessful. It was

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