American tactics in Vietnam can be summed up by the acronym BEAST - Bombing, Escalation, Air and artillery, Search and destroy and Technology. Example Bombing President Johnson ordered the bombing ...

As the "search and destroy" mission unfolded ... Seymour Hersh published a story detailing his conversations with a Vietnam veteran, Ron Ridenhour. Ridenhour learned of the events at My Lai ...

New Republic of Vietnam ruler Ngo Dihn Diem rejects the ... Johnson and American military leaders increase reliance on "search-and-destroy" missions in an effort to draw the Viet Cong into battles ...