westmoreland, william c

William C. Westmoreland, the senior military commander in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, is the only American general to loose a war. The premise of this book is that unless and until he is understood, Americans will never fully grasp what happened in the Vietnam War, or why. A gifted man of many abilities, the book contends that Westmoreland's strengths eventually propelled him to a level beyond his understanding and abilities and this is why he lost the Vietnam War.

Discusses the effects of the Vietnam war under the leadership of Lyndon B. Johnson and the unpopularity of the war from people in the United States.