Is It All Over in Vietnam?

Curiously enough, just before getting my April 28 copy of NR and reading James Burnham’s “Is It All Over in Vietnam?”—I had just written to U.S. News and World Report pointing out that no matter what happens in the current “Tet II” offensive, Hanoi can’t lose.

However, I contest Mr. Burnham’s argument that we fought the Vietnam war ineptly—and in particular, that the demoralization, caused by this failure, produced a moral collapse and this in turn, a self-righteous condemnation of the war and the sinful Establishment.

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Alfred B. Mason

Curiously enough, just before getting my April 28 copy of NR and reading James Burnham’s “Is It All Over in Vietnam?”—I had just written to U.S. News and World Report pointing out that no matter what happens in the current “Tet II” offensive, Hanoi can’t lose.

However, I contest Mr. Burnham’s argument that we fought the Vietnam war ineptly—and in particular, that the demoralization, caused by this failure, produced a moral collapse and this in turn, a self-righteous condemnation of the war and the sinful Establishment.