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Date Posted: Sunday, March 09, 10:33:47pm
Author: Melissa Anderson
Subject: Re: LBJ
In reply to: Mr. Davis 's message, "LBJ" on Sunday, March 02, 05:27:35pm

President Johnson’s Vietnam policy of “a fine-tuned, step-by-step increase in American force [that] would drive the enemy to defeat with a minimum loss of life on both sides” was unsuccessful for various reasons. First off, the United States soldiers were completely unfamiliar with the Vietnamese terrain. They were fighting in a jungle that was so dense, it was impossible to see a few feet forward. This made it easy for the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army to hide and attack the US, since they were familiar with the area. Additionally, the American soldiers were not used to fighthing against guerilla tactics. Not knowing who the enemy was made it even more difficult to defend themselves. Each new soldier sent into vietnam was another soldier dead, therefore, President Johnson's policy did not work.

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