This viewpoint on the Vietnam War is from the left so some will blow it off, however it might be worth considering. The three "elements that combined" to cause our loss in Vietnam were as follows: 1) "a strong nationalist movement" on the part of the Vietnamese, 2) "a massive antiwar movement at home", 3) and "the almost complete breakdown of the fighting capacity of the American soldier as a result of the experience of combat combined with GI rebellion" (I would assume that "fragging" of officers by enlisted men is part of this rebellion). The magazine had a three part series on the war in issues $ 29, 33 and 40 printed in 2003-05. The series can be viewed by going to www.isreview.org.
(Source: "Vietnam: From Quagmire to Defeat" by Joe Allen. International Socialist Review March/April 2005)
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