We had that war won and snatched defeat from victory at least three times. The first defeat for us was Kennedy's assassination of Diem. The second was McNamara's defeatest military strategy. Nixon's bombing of the north was bring about capitulation until it was shut off here.
go here
http://freedom.orlingrabbe.com/lfetimes/rlkocher_index.htm
for a 190 page analysis of the Viet Nam War complete with recently released Kennedy tapes documenting the assassination.
Thank you RLK.
Bump on all three counts.