This is a very well researched book, I greatly enjoyed it. I do have an issue with the coverage of the Vietnamese War. Mr. Reilly thinks that the Hard Hat Riot, a strong presence of Vietnam veterans among the hard hats, was between those who wanted to win the war and those who wanted to lose. After around 2 million Americans had served there was an objection to calling the war a mistake as it would seem that the sacrifice of so many was a waste. In addition, America had never lost a war, the War of 1812 was seen and a draw, and there was a reluctance to see Vietnam as a loss. Mr. Reilly infers that there was adequate support for winning the war but there wasn't. LBJ, with no support, withdrew making Humphrey the Democratic candidate. Humphrey was doing very poorly in the pools until about a month before the election he promised to stop the bombing which saw his numbers go up. This was largely seen as a willingness to end the war. LBJ would make the same promise days before the election which once again boosted Humphrey but not enough. There was insufficient support for fighting to victory. Nixon ran on 'Peace with Honor'. Peace with Honor meant not losing rather than winning, in other words Nixon was looking for a draw so that the US could withdraw without defeat. After the election Nixon reduced our presence using bombing and cutting off the supply routes in Laos and Cambodia. In the reaction to troops crossing into Laos, seen as a betrayal Kent State staged a protest pitching normal students against an untrained national Guard which fired into the crowd. In shock the NG would train its soldiers in riot control. The Guardsmen would carry unloaded weapons while only select NCOs would have ammunition on their persons. With the war rapidly winding down Nixon would badly defeat McGovern, an immediate peace candidate. The last draftees would go to Vietnam in December 1972. The US would withdraw in March 1973 accomplishing Nixon's Peace with Honor. Saigon would fall in April 1975.
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