So being a history buff, one of the books recommended with this in another forum (starts with AR) was Street without Joy by Bernard Fall about the French war in Vietnam (46-54). It was published in the early 60's.

Clearly not one American leader read it. We literally followed the French footsteps and made the exact same mistakes (with pretty much the same results).

it's depressing.

https://www.amazon.com/Street-Withou.../dp/0811732363