Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara knew that our soldiers were not fighting for America, but for a country they knew little about, Mcnamara declared: “We meet again…. . . no better, and even worse. This important war must be fought and won by the Vietnamese themselves. We have known this from the beginning. But the discouraging truth is that, as was the case in 1961, 1963 and 1965, we have not found the formula, the catalyst, to train them and inspire them to effective action (Johnson (278). He has not There is no formula for a war that the American people do not support. Another reason why the United States failed is that our government wanted to seek negotiations. They believed that Hanoi or the VC would now respond to peace proposals. . and the relative balance of power does not seem unfavorable to them (Johnson).,