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Divided We Fall - How Disunity Leads to Defeat (Hardcover)
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Divided We Fall - How Disunity Leads to Defeat (Hardcover)
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Historians have suggested many reasons for America's defeat in
Vietnam. The premise of this book is that disunity on the home
front was the most significant and influential factor leading to
our downfall in Vietnam. The disunity in America was incited and
fueled by the antiwar movement. This movement, collectively
consisting of the antiwar factions, the media, academia and
congressional doves, gave rise to the "second front" which became a
major weapon in Hanoi's arsenal. This second front was ever present
in the minds of North Vietnam's leaders. It played a major role in
Hanoi's strategy and was valued as the equivalent of several army
divisions. The disunity fostered by the antiwar movement gave our
enemies confidence and encouraged them to hold out in the face of
battlefield defeats. Divided We Fall reveals the full impact of the
second front, how it influenced the conduct of the war and most
importantly, its effect on the outcome of the war. It is a
testament on how the most powerful nation in the world can go down
in defeat when its people are divided. The most important lesson of
the Vietnam War is that disunity on the home front leads to defeat
abroad. The divisions we have seen over the war in Iraq are a
strong indication that we have not yet learned this lesson. The
thesis of this book was recently validated by a well known American
statesman, Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State, National
Security Adviser to presidents Nixon and Ford and US negotiator at
the Paris peace talks to end the war in Vietnam. During the Lou
Dobbs Tonight show on August 25, 2005, he made this statement of
historical significance: "In Vietnam we defeated ourselves with
domestic divisions."
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