Did the primary sources (from both books) agree with the historians George Herring (Fighting in Cold Blood: LBJ’s conduct of limited war in Vietnam) and Loren Baritz (God’s country and American Know-how)?
How did the common US serviceman view his/her role in the war?
What parallels can you draw to recent wars or current US deployment of troops?
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