Even Nuclear Bombs Wouldn't Have Helped the United States Win the Vietnam War

Mountain passes along the Ho Chi Minh Trail could be shut down and large areas of forest blown down by tactical nukes very effectively, but only until the Vietnamese cleared new paths.

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