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Relatively unknown but awesome (and important) tales from our past, professionally researched and told in "campfire buddy" fashion.
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Vietnam War: The Tet Offensive (Part 9) (opens the original)
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Lying and naive hope were elevated to a high art during the American war effort in Vietnam. Company commanders inflated "body count" numbers to give the appearance of success, generals gave report after report of "progress" even when their situation was a stalemate at best, civilian officials reported growth in the strength of the South Vietnamese government, even when it was obvious to everyone on the ground that it was a hopelessly corrupt mess. President Johnson and his top officials repeated
Vietnam War: Platoon Leadership, Class Divide, and Survival in the Jungle (Part 8) (opens the original)
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The Vietnam War is famous for terrible leadership from the very top, and rightfully so. What's understood far less often is the incredible difficulty faced by the leader at the lowest level on the front line. Even if he were able and inclined to do a good job, he was facing a nearly impossible situation from the start. As the war dragged on and far too many men like him were killed, there were fewer and fewer who had the ability to make the best of their situation. Maintaining the cohesion, mora
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