Wars prior to Vietnam were ground taking wars (territorial gains). Vietnam was a body count war-a war of attrition.
Because Americans fought Americans. Also, they had new and improved weapons but still used some of the same fighting tactics.
The Cold War resulted in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Officially, US forces didn't torture enemy personnel; enemy POW's were turned over the South Viet Government. For an account of enemy treatment of US POW's (primarily US Airmen) see: Vietnam POW's.
Korea and Vietnam were separate wars.
The Vietnam War
The war America is in currently is similar to the Vietnam war because there is the same tactics being used them by the opponents as there is in current wars. Tactics known as guerrilla warfare where the opponent attacks and then flees making it hard for the Americans to work out who and where the enemy is.
A war of attrition was the strategy. Search & destroy was the tactic (method) used to achieve that plan (strategy). Reason: Because taking ground would not be the objective as all other past wars had been. Vietnam would be strictly body count.
Wars previous to Vietnam, for the US, was taking ground. Because of the nature of this limited war, "taking ground" was replaced with "attrition (body counts)", which called for the TACTIC of "Search and Destroy."
Because Americans fought Americans. Also, they had new and improved weapons but still used some of the same fighting tactics.
Communist forces gained more territory because of the Vietnam war, but not as a result of the Korean War :) -Apex-
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Afghanistan and Vietnam
Vietnam is currently at peace.
The same for most wars. Just the return home was different.
Media coverage of wars changed from Vietnam for better.
Afghanistan and Vietnam
to be cautious and sneaky