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... Operation Rolling Thunder was not achieving its original purpose of breaking the will of the North Vietnamese , its purpose was redefined . The new objective of the operation was to reduce the flow of men and supplies from the north ...
... Operation Rolling Thunder was not achieving its original purpose of breaking the will of the North Vietnamese , its purpose was redefined . The new objective of the operation was to reduce the flow of men and supplies from the north ...
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... operation unworkable . A report prepared by the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee , released in June 1980 , concluded that " major errors " were made in the plan- ning as well as the execution of the military operation . Poor ...
... operation unworkable . A report prepared by the staff of the Senate Armed Services Committee , released in June 1980 , concluded that " major errors " were made in the plan- ning as well as the execution of the military operation . Poor ...
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... operation was still a net gain [ Wyden , p . 308 , italics added ] . Note that Kennedy's appraisal , as summarized by Wyden , is the same as that of the key members of his team who advised him to accept the plan ( see the last half of ...
... operation was still a net gain [ Wyden , p . 308 , italics added ] . Note that Kennedy's appraisal , as summarized by Wyden , is the same as that of the key members of his team who advised him to accept the plan ( see the last half of ...
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Why So Many Miscalculations? | 2 |
The Bay of Pigs | 14 |
The Wrong | 48 |
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