The Vietnam War pushed military technology to its limits, introducing weapons that reshaped how wars are fought. From jungle-tested rifles to devastating air power, both the United States and North ...
if it is not, then don’t strike. —General Vo Nguyen Giap The tangled jungle scrub of Cu Chi lies only 20 miles northwest of Saigon. For nearly two decades it has been the impregnable preserve of the ...
The diplomatic flurries around the world over fresh peace probes during the past two weeks have all but obscured a grim new reality in the actual warfare in Viet Nam. The fighting so far in 1968, as ...
The army that went into the Vietnam War didn't look that different from the force that fought in Korea, or even World War Two. But defense contractors and military leaders were intent on making sure ...