Vietnam WarSummaryIn 1965, President Johnson stated that an American destroyer was torpedoed. This allegation meant that US troops were deployed to Vietnam. This statment was a fabricated incident. As a result, the Tet Offensive was launched on the American troops by the North Vietnam army. The Vietcong used the Ho Chi Minh trail as a means of delivery on a route through cambodia. This trail was extremely valuable to the Vietcong forces during the war becasue the US refused to fight along it.
Quote"The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it."
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NotesBackground to the Vietnam War
Ho Chi Mihn Trail
The Test offensive 1968
Subjunctive QuestionIf the Tet launch did not proceed would the war have been such a huge event?
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