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

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

Published: May 23, 2023, 10 a.m.

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.\n\u25aa\ufe0f\nTimes\xa0\n\u2022\t01:53 Introduction\xa0\n\u2022\t04:30 Beginnings\xa0\n\u2022\t08:43 Early success\xa0\n\u2022\t12:23 Fallout from the coup\n\u2022\t14:00 LBJ takes over\xa0\n\u2022\t19:06 Domino theory\n\u2022\t22:20 China and Vietnam\xa0\n\u2022\t25:40 Buying time\n\u2022\t28:23 Johnson and McNamara\n\u2022\t34:22 Maintaining the shield\xa0\n\u2022\t35:53 Westmoreland and attrition\xa0\n\u2022\t41:42 South Vietnam\xa0\n\u2022\t45:33 Parallels\n\nFollow along on Instagram