"...the impossibility of our succeeding in South Vietnam may sound so obvious today to young people and tenured academics..."
Since there is a McDonalds in Hanoi, selling Coca-Cola, did the USA actually not succeed in defeating communism?
I think not. McD's and Coke are two of the greatest symbols of American Capitalism. Therfore I propose that the USA won the Vietnam War.
"...the impossibility of our succeeding in South Vietnam may sound so obvious today to young people and tenured academics..."Since there is a McDonalds in Hanoi, selling Coca-Cola, did the USA actually not succeed in defeating communism?
I think not. McD's and Coke are two of the greatest symbols of American Capitalism. Therfore I propose that the USA won the Vietnam War.
That's an interesting take on things. I need to read up on how things developed in Vietnam, so that private property was again permitted.