Did the Us lose the Vietnam war in the US or in Vietnam. I believe the US lost the war in both the United States and in Vietnam. During the Vietnam war the two sides, the United States with South Vietnam and North Vietnam with the Viet Cong, used very contrasting tactics. the US went for what was known as the ‘War of the Elephant’. These tactics were what the United States was used to, …showed first 75 words of 791 total…

…showed last 75 words of 791 total…in Vietnam by converting the peasants to their cause. The American public lost the will to fight when the media presented the m with scenes of their children dying. It is generally considered that America lost the war, but it is not agreed on where America lost the war. I believe that the war was finally lost in the minds of the US public, but only as a result of the military defeat in Vietnam.