Ask Mark Moyar a question about the Vietnam War!
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Mark Moyar is a historian and author who specialises in military history, particularly the Vietnam War. He is a professor at Hillsdale College, the author of the Vietnam War trilogy, Triumph Forsaken and Triumph Regained, and is known for a revisionist perspective on the war that challenges some conventional narratives. His work emphasises what he sees as the potential for a US victory, particularly through the effective leadership of Ngo Dinh Diem and the strategic importance of the war, which he argues was portrayed as a betrayal by the United States.
Tomorrow, he is joining the guys in New York to give an overview of the Vietnam war, the major players involved, the fighting, politics, anti-war sentiment in America and the war’s legacy.
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For all his flaws I rather like Richard Nixon but to what extent did Nixon and Kissenger sabotage the Democrats peace negotiations ahead of the '68 election and to what extent does Mark think they should be held as culpable for tens of thousands of potentially unnecessary deaths in the years that followed? Was it purely cynical politics?
There seems to be a consensus that the Vietnam War was a mistake leading to a disastrous defeat for the US. Is this the only conclusion that can be drawn from the facts?
Is there an alternative framing of the significance of this war's role in achieving some sort of strategic objective? If so what was that objective and to what extent was it successful? If it was successful was it worth it?
With 20 20 hindsight what alternative approach should the US have adopted in response to the situation in Vietnam during the period of the war?
Has the US learned anything from the Vietnam war. If so what?
What should the US (and the rest of the world) have learned from the Vietnam war?
Are there any current conflicts which have any resemblance to the Vietnam war?