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When a Communist-led insurgency supported by North Vietnam threatened to overthrow the South Vietnamese government in early 1965, the United States committed ground troops to hold the line. The decision to intervene represented an admission that ten years of U.S. advice and support policy had failed. Now, acting according to an aggressive strategy and backed by an abundance of mobility and firepower, American soldiers would accomplish what the South Vietnamese could not.Carland, John M. is the author of 'Stemming the Tide', published 2001 under ISBN 9781931641241 and ISBN 1931641242.
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