I look forward to that essay reflecting on Nixon’s four-year withdrawal from Vietnam. I wonder if it will be negative or neutral. I also wonder if it will provide us insight as to what may lie over our horizon in Ukraine and Israel.
Brands' essays fall into two categories: good and great. This is one of the great ones. As one commentator back then put it: "If the US had played its cards right, Ho Chi Minh could have been the Tito of southeast Asia."
That particular offensive was not the critical issue. The issue was the ability of the communists to stage such a thing. As long as they had that ability, the outcome probably would not have been very different.
I look forward to that essay reflecting on Nixon’s four-year withdrawal from Vietnam. I wonder if it will be negative or neutral. I also wonder if it will provide us insight as to what may lie over our horizon in Ukraine and Israel.
Brands' essays fall into two categories: good and great. This is one of the great ones. As one commentator back then put it: "If the US had played its cards right, Ho Chi Minh could have been the Tito of southeast Asia."
If the Tet offensive had never occurred, would the history of the Vietnam war have changed?
That particular offensive was not the critical issue. The issue was the ability of the communists to stage such a thing. As long as they had that ability, the outcome probably would not have been very different.