Bernie Carlson Free Webinar Thursday, Sept 21 7-8:30 Massive Firepower Meets the Jungle
by Melissa Mitchell 6 years, 7 months agoMassive Firepower Meets the Jungle: Fighting the Ground War in Vietnam
Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:00–8:30 pm EDT
Leader: Bernie Carlson, Chair, Department of Engineering and Society, Professor of History, University of Virginia
Many of us have seen the Vietnam War through movies and television—think of the helicopter battle scene in Apocalypse Now. Yet, what was the logic behind the use of heavily-armed helicopters who carried soldiers to various villages up country circa 1966-67? How did the Vietcong fight back and why did they ultimately defeat superior American firepower? How might think about battles as often a tension between who holds the right ground versus who has the right weapons? What does a specific style of fighting say about a culture?
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