{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Vietnam War: Search for a Strategy (Part 5)","description":"In 1965, the United States appeared to be \u201cin it to win it.\u201d The trouble was, nobody knew what a winning outcome would look like. The government of South Vietnam was hopelessly corrupt and made&amp;nbsp;up of landlords that simply stepped into the exploitative French system that came before them.&amp;nbsp;Capturing territory meant nothing, because the enemy fled and then returned as soon as American&amp;nbsp;troops went somewhere else to search for them. The civilian government in Washington handcuffed&amp;nbsp;decisive measures like invading North Vietnam for fear of a wider conflict with China and the Soviet&amp;nbsp;Union. What remained: to kill as many of the enemy as possible, wherever they could be found, and&amp;nbsp;keep killing until they gave up. ","author_name":"Edge of History ","author_url":"http:\/\/www.edgeofhistorypodcast.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37657415\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/191485250"}