num_pages: 52
description: This book addresses 17 myths: 1. The US had no reason to be involved in Viet Nam. 2. Ho Chi Minh was a nationalist and a benevolent leader of his people. 3. The South Vietnamese government denied the people a free election on unification. 4. The Viet Cong were an idealistic nationalist group, just like the American minutemen. 5. The rationale for US intervention in Viet Nam was based on a fraud. 6. The US military routinely used inhumane tactics on the people, while the VC were benefactors. 7. The Tet offensive was a devastating blow to the US and SVN forces and a major military victory for the communist's. 8. Media coverage of the war was balanced and accurate and contributed to development of appropriate US policies. 9. Antiwar protests shortened the war and saved lives. 10. The great majority of villagers were VC sympathizers, so no counterinsurgency programs ever succeeded. 11. The war was fought by victims of US society, and the lasting effects on survivors were much worse than for other wars. 12. The South Vietnamese never really fought well, they weren't really committed to the light. 13. American POWs and other prisoners of the communists were treated humanely. 14. The determination of the North to carry the war on was never affected by any military setbacks or US actions. 15. The United States fought and lost a war in Viet Nam (which was unwinnable in any case. 16. After NVN "liberated" the South, everything went well and suffering ended. 17. The Domino Theory was a silly invention and nothing remotely positive resulted from US involvement in Viet Nam.
language: English
title: Whitewash/Blackwash: Myths of the Viet Nam War
titlecomplete: Whitewash/Blackwash: Myths of the Viet Nam War
genres: History
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Electric Strawberry Enterprises