U.S. should have made a massive attack at once and asked the French to do the same, but that would have been the correct move to make in order to win in that area.The authors begin to question again why South Vietnam was really worth saving. The leader appointed to control the Vietnamese was for the most part incompetent, and he acted too independent, not listening to the U.S. who was trying to help him so much. Because of this he was booted and the next leaders were ones that were educated in the U.S and France; completely out of touch with the people of Vietnam. Many of the Vietnamese people not allied with Ho Chi Minh didn’t even want most of the help that the U.S. was bringing to them. The poor rural dwellers had lived on their land for generations and it was considered sacred to them, but instead they were put into U.S. protective forts that ended up being more harmful than good. How could the U.S. have handled it differently though? Didn’t the South Vietnamese want to be saved from this rebellion?Not only did the authors of this book provide a unique look on the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, but they also concentrated a great deal on the legacies that were left behind by this unfortunate event in our history.First what was examined was how much this war contributed to the destruction of the male ego within the American society. When the word contributed is used, it is because the war was not the complete cause, but it added a great deal to the destruction. This entire concern began with a boy not spending enough time with his father. This could be due to the increased commonplace of divorces or fathers working away from home throughout and after the industrial revolution. Male bonding between a father and son used to occur when the father needed to teach his son his work so that he could provide for his family on his father’s land when the time came. When the father works in a factory it is not...
