Question

What were some of the reason the U.S was unsuccessful in the Vietnam war

Answer 1

Failure of Operation Rolling Thunder: The bombing campaign failed because the bombs often fell into empty jungle, missing their Vietcong targets.

Failure of Search and Destroy (My Lai Massacre): Search and Destroy missions were often based on poor military intelligence.

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Answer 2

Although a number of factors and influences, domestic and international, contributed to America's defeat in Vietnam, the overriding reason the United States lost the war was one that has often fueled nations' losing military efforts throughout history: the fundamental error in strategic judgment

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