‘Kissinger’s Betrayal’: New Book Explains Why South Vietnam Fell

U.S. soldiers carry a wounded comrade through a swampy area during the Vietnam War in 1969. National Archives/AFP/Getty Images

Commentary

Analyses of the U.S. failure in Vietnam seem to have a target-rich environment for obloquy and blame for strategic malpractice. There are two fundamental debates: first, whether the United States could have won the conflict; second, who was to blame for the loss.