Francis Foster

That address again, hillsdale.edu slash revolution.

One more time, that's hillsdale.edu slash revolution.

I read, Mark, and correct me if I'm wrong, that part of the problem for the American forces is that they were very good when it came to offensive maneuvers.

Defensive maneuvers, they weren't so good at and they really didn't know, you know, they weren't very good strategically at that particular point.

So 1965, boots on the ground.

At the beginning, the Americans were making inroads, high fives all round, kicking commie ass.

When did it start to turn?

But not only did he not explain why they were fighting, didn't he also downplay the way that the war was going and the casualties that were being incurred as a result of war?

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