Ep 74: Mark Moyar on Vietnam (New Makers of Modern Strategy #4)

Mark Moyar, the William P. Harris Chair of Military History at Hillsdale College, author of Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968 and contributor to New Makers of Modern Strategy, joins the show to reconsider the history of the Vietnam War. ▪️ Times  • 01:53 Introduction  • 04:30 Beginnings  • 08:43 Early success  • 12:23 Fallout from the coup • 14:00 LBJ takes over  • 19:06 Domino theory • 22:20 China and Vietnam  • 25:40 Buying time • 28:23 Johnson and McNamara • 34:22 Maintaining the shield  • 35:53 Westmoreland and attrition  • 41:42 South Vietnam  • 45:33 Parallels Follow along on Instagram