• Episode 57 – Clemis on Dau Tranh

  • Jul 15 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
  • Podcast

Episode 57 – Clemis on Dau Tranh

  • Summary

  • Drs. Jonathan Abel and Bill Nance sit down with Dr. Martin Clemis to discuss Vietnamese communist strategy in the Vietnam War, especially what is known as “dau tranh.” Clemis describes the holistic communist approach that stymied efforts by the French, Americans, and Chinese to defeat it. He traces its origins in Marxism and Maoism, and he discusses how it functioned. Finally, he offers some personal opinions on why the US struggled with dau tranh.

    “History is only a confused heap of facts.” – Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield

    Host: Dr. Jonathan Abel, CGSC DMH

    DMH Podcast Team: Drs. Jonathan Abel, Mark Gerges, and Bill Nance

    Artwork: Daniel O. Neal

    Music: SSG Noah Taylor, West Point Band
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