As Alec Ferguson has suggested, the Vietnam conflict wasn't about gaining anything. It was the first exercise in appeasing what Dwight Eisenhower had just warned of: the Military-Industrial Complex.
The two primary "chromosomes" in the United States' DNA are military aggression and capitalism. One supports the other. When the U.S. economy has faltered, our presidents have given us wars.
As Alec Ferguson has suggested, the Vietnam conflict wasn't about gaining anything. It was the first exercise in appeasing what Dwight Eisenhower had just warned of: the Military-Industrial Complex.
The two primary "chromosomes" in the United States' DNA are military aggression and capitalism. One supports the other. When the U.S. economy has faltered, our presidents have given us wars.
As Alec Ferguson has suggested, the Vietnam conflict wasn't about gaining anything. It was the first exercise in appeasing what Dwight Eisenhower had just warned of: the Military-Industrial Complex.
The two primary "chromosomes" in the United States' DNA are military aggression and capitalism. One supports the other. When the U.S. economy has faltered, our presidents have given us wars.