The United States Amy was ill-prepared to engage in a major conflict in Vietnam. This was the consequence of President Lyndon Johnson deciding that the National Guard and the Reserves would not be called up to support the war effort. Army contingency planning for any major conflict was based on the call up of the National Guard and the Reserves. Not being authorized to do so increased exponentially the difficulties in meeting the requirements to fight the war in Vietnam.
Between 1965 and 1968 the United States Army almost doubled in...
Merriam Press Vietnam War Series
First Edition 2017
The United States Amy was ill-prepared to engage in a major conflict in Vietnam. This was th...
