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Why Did The USA Withdraw Their Soldiers From Vietnam?

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  • Submitted: 21/08/2003
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AS and A Level International History, 1945-1991

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Why Did The USA Withdraw Their Soldiers From Vietnam?

The USA withdrew from Vietnam for a variety of reasons. The very fact that the largest super power of the time withdrew from this largely unheard of region proves that there can be no substitute for careful planning prior to a major conflict including money.

The Failure Of American Tactics

There were many ill thought out and sometimes barbaric tactics used by the USA which all contributed to withdrawal and the failure of American tactics in Vietnam.

One of the major contributing factors for this was that right from the very start the American government believed that it could succeed in its mission in this campaign, simply by ploughing billions of dollars of the US tax payers money into what eventually proved to be a worthless cause, as a pose to spending time in careful preparation planning necessary action that could have been taken before committing countless young prosperous American lives to the on going conflict.

This however, was by no means the only failing of the U.S government during the Vietnam conflict. The government was not honest to its

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