... kept the Allied forces on their toes at all times. "The American government initially believed that this conflict would not last more than two years" (Edwards 160). However, as they began to realize, this war was going be a long drawn out war. Many operations were launched in the initial three ... clear objectives. Civilian critics of the war argued that the government of South Vietnam lacked political legitimacy, and that support for the war was immoral" (Edwards 264). The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. A...

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