Have you ever wondered what events, conditions, and leadership decisions caused America's failure in the Vietnam War? The manner in which the war was fought favored the North Vietnamese and was a significant factor in giving the Viet Cong an advantage over the Americans. The tactics used by the North Vietnamese, the number of troops sent by the United States and the conditions in which they were placed, and the change in American presidents during the war all played a vital role in making Vietnam unfeasible. . The North Vietnamese Army, NVA, used many war tactics that helped them in the war, but the most notable was the use of guerrilla warfare. “By 1961, guerrilla warfare was widespread in South Vietnam” (Anderson). The objective of the aerial bombardments was therefore to weaken North Vietnam's infrastructure. Bombs were dropped on military bases, supply depots, and infiltration routes (Anderson). Each year after the start of ROLLING THUNDER, the number of bombs dropped each year until 1967 when the number of bombs dropped was close to a quarter of a million (Anderson). Since then, the bombings have been violent enough to force the NVA to rethink its war strategy (Bringham). This was demonstrated by a sneak attack that took all of America off guard. America first sent troops to Vietnam while President Kennedy was still in office to train South Vietnamese soldiers in war tactics to help them fight against North Vietnamese soldiers. “Kennedy's decision to send more than 2,000 military advisers to South Vietnam in 1961 marked the beginning of twelve years of American military combat” (Anderson). This number would slowly increase over the next year and a half would slowly increase. By the end of 1962, Kennedy had ordered more supplies and equipment to aid the South Vietnamese, as well as a total of 9,000 military advisors (Anderson). To better advise the soldiers in Vietnam, President Johnson appointed General William C. Westmoreland as commander, who immediately requested more troops and by the end of 1964 there were more than 23,000 U.S. military personnel in the country (Anderson) . The number of troops sent to Vietnam increased each year and by the end of 1966 there were over 385,000 troops (Anderson). By the end of the war, the total number of soldiers who had served in the Vietnam War was over eight million, of which over three million were shipped to Southeast Asia ("the American War"). Conditions in Vietnam were anything but perfect. The weather there was unlike anything they had experienced before. Soldiers would be forced to deal with extreme heat and humidity, as well as