Finally, Military involvements in wars demonstrate how America cared much more for their influences and motives than being passive. General Westmoreland’s involvement in Vietnam war and his military strategy is a great example, as well as the Tet Offensive event that partook in the war. Once more going back to the Vietnam War, General Westmoreland partook an important role. He was the permanent commander of MACV and given command of all US forces in Vietnam. General Westmoreland perceived the escalation of the conflict and had “535,000 troops under his control when he departed in 1968” (Hickman 1). He was a terror, and to no surprise portrayed by their own media as a hero. Even named “man of the year” by Times magazine at one point. Military Expert, Kennedy Hickman …show more content…
Here Hickman explains the horrendous military strategy General Westmoreland implemented in the war. His conservative nature did not question the outcomes or even the immense violent power he needed in order to follow through. Large-scale use of artillery, air power, and large unit battles were not necessary, but for someone like him it meant everything, it meant victory. America influenced and even leads him into his violent perspective. They should have influenced peace in the nation instead of partaking in horrendous acts. All these military events contradicted America’s motive for freedom. The disastrous events that came from Vietnam were very devastating and shocking. “Though U.S. and South Vietnamese forces managed to hold off the Communist attacks, news coverage of the offensive (including the lengthy Battle of Hue) shocked and dismayed the American public and further eroded support for the war effort.” (History 1). History refers here that the American public once again, were disrupted by the government’s decision, and moreover the military’s