Original sentence: At the same time, Hanoi realising it could not achieve a "total victory" employed a strategy known as "talking while fighting, fighting while talking", in which military offensives would occur concurrently with negotiations.Lyndon Johnson's escalation of the war in Vietnam divided Americans into warring camps cost 30,000 American lives by the time he left office, [and] destroyed Johnson's presidency His refusal to send more U.On 10 May 1968, peace talks began between the United States and North Vietnam in Paris.Westmoreland's request for 200,000 additional troops had been leaked to the media and the subsequent fallout combined with the intelligence failure caused him to be removed from command on March 1968, succeeded by his deputy Creighton Abrams
Edited sentence: As historian Robert Dallek writes, "Lyndon Johnson's escalation of the war in Vietnam divided Americans into warring camps ... cost 30,000 American lives by the time he left office, [and] destroyed Johnson's presidency ..." His refusal to send more U.However, his position had become untenable because of the offensive and because his request for 200,000 additional troops had been leaked to the media.In effect, Johnson found that the Vietnam War was no easier to prosecute than the Korean War, learning from experience that China was likely to intervene directly if Hanoi's survival was threatened.It can be seen that the refusal was a tacit admission that the war could not be won by escalation, at least not at a cost acceptable to the American people.Likewise, the Soviet Union would respond by providing more supplies and equipment to raise the cost for U.On 10 May 1968, despite low expectations, peace talks began between the United States and North Vietnam in Paris.The move was technically a promotion.Westmoreland became Chief of Staff of the Army in March 1968, just as all resistance was finally subdued.Westmoreland was succeeded by his deputy Creighton Abrams, a commander less inclined to public media pronouncements.involvement, weakening their defenses in Europe and in the worse case trigger a nuclear confrontation