He covers the public perception of the Vietnam War in the United States, such as the war of attrition portrayed in "Hamburger Hill" (1987); the maltreatment of civilians in "Casualties of War ...
oriented towards a prolonged war of attrition, reports the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). On Friday, June 7th, during his speech at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum ...
The policy changed in the mid-1960s so that the U.S. could lock the North Vietnamese into a morale-destroying war of attrition. And as a result, many more U.S. troops were sent to Vietnam. " ...