Reclaiming the Vietnam War

The Betrayal of South Vietnam

“In Reclaiming the Vietnam War, Michael Griffith dissects the critical controversies of the Vietnam War and deftly separates the myths from the realities.” -- DR. MARK MOYAR, William P. Harris Chair of Military History, Hillsdale College, and author of Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968.

"There are scores of Viet Nam history books, some of questionable value, others unique and valuable for a number of reasons. Reclaiming the Vietnam War is a noteworthy work, distinguished by a number of factors. . . . This is a very valuable and useful book." -- BILL LAURIE, former U.S. Army intelligence officer at MACV, Saigon, South Vietnam (1971-1972), a Department of Defense intelligence analyst in South Vietnam (1973-1975), and co-author of Whitewash/Blackwash: Myths of the Viet Nam War.

Written by a 21-year veteran of military intelligence, Reclaiming the Vietnam War explains and defends the noble American effort to preserve South Vietnam. It convincingly argues that South Vietnam could have remained free if the anti-war majority in Congress had not prevented the enforcement of the peace accords and had not slashed aid to South Vietnam after U.S. forces left the country. The book also presents evidence that the war could have been won years earlier if American forces had not been forced to fight under needless harmful restrictions.

In addition, this book tackles common myths regarding the progress of the war effort, South Vietnam's first president (Ngo Dinh Diem), the Geneva Accords of 1954, the Buddhist crisis in 1963, the South Vietnamese army and government, Ho Chi Minh and the Hanoi regime, the Viet Cong, the anti-war movement, the Tet Offensive, the "decent interval," and Communist rule in Vietnam after the war.