S8 Ep1092: Geoffrey Wawro, guest author, concludes that after the 1973 peace deal, the NVA rebuilt their forces, confident that a distracte

The John Batchelor Show · Jul 6, 2026 · 8m

Geoffrey Wawro, guest author, concludes that after the 1973 peace deal, the NVA rebuilt their forces, confident that a distracted US government—weakened by Watergate and the oil crisis—would not intervene again. When the final 1975 offensive began, President Ford did not react, and the ARVN, suffering from slashed funding and ammunition shortages, rapidly collapsed. President Thieu's decision to abruptly abandon northern provinces turned the retreat into a disordered rabble, leading to the fall of Saigon. The war's ultimate lesson was the futility of using extreme violence for political…