Classic Audio: The Perfect War - Technowar in Vietnam Part 2
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr
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Episode description
James William Gibson shatters the misled assumptions behind both liberal and conservative explanations for America's failure in Vietnam. Gibson shows how American government and military officials developed a disturbingly limited concept of war -- what he calls "technowar" -- in which all efforts were focused on maximizing the enemy's body count, regardless of the means. Consumed by a blind faith in the technology of destruction, American leaders failed to take into account their enemy's highly effective guerrilla tactics. Indeed, technowar proved woefully inapplicable to the actual political and military strategies used by the Vietnamese, and Gibson reveals how U.S. officials consistently falsified military records to preserve the illusion that their approach would prevail. Gibson was one of the first historians to question the fundamental assumptions behind American policy, and The Perfect War is a brilliant reassessment of the war
"Alternative Views"
Original Air Date 1987
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"Alternative Views"
Original Air Date 1987
Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/TheFactHunter
Website: thefacthunter.com
Email: thefacthunter@mail.com
Snail Mail: George Hobbs PO Box 109 Goldsboro, MD 21636
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