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VIETNAM AND THE YEARS OF POLARIZATION VIETNAM IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE (BY JOHN GARRY CLIFFORD) SUMMARY: John Clifford attempted to explain that the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam conflict was nothing more than the extension of Cold-War and that we must stop the Red from further extending outward beyond Soviet and China. He blamed Lyndon Johnson Administration’s naive attitude and the underestimation of the North Vietnamese Army’s will power. The bureaucratic style of running the war was also a significant contribution to the tragedy. He was very critical to the closed minded of the decision makers to the going on of the war, which lead to decisions made closed option previously available. He bemused the White House of figh