The Myths of Vietnam—Number One
John T. Kuehn, grasshopper in training to Dr. James Willbanks (LTC, USA, retired)
There are so many of these that one hardly knows where to begin, especially since the literature is voluminous. I will start with one of the most glaring—that which surrounds General William Westmoreland, commander of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) during the critical years of compound-hybrid warfare in South Vietnam, when the US coalition--which included troops from South Korea and Australia as well as the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)—fought both the