Please, I recommend reading primary source documents from the CIA on this matter. The below link shows that while the Vietcong controlled parts of the South dur

Please, I recommend reading primary source documents from the CIA on this matter. The below link shows that while the Vietcong controlled parts of the South during 1967, they were significantly weakened, to the point where some NVA military units assigned to operate in the south were farming for their own food. * https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000518848.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000518848.... The below link emphasizes the success of the Strategic Hamlet program, and notes continuing reductions in Vietcong strength. * https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/HISTORY%20OF%20STRENGTH%20ESTIM%5B15617753%5D.pdf https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/HISTORY%20OF%20... I consider the entirety of Western historiography on this matter to be incorrect for the sole purpose of demoralizing the west.