08143. "ON STRATEGY: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE VIETNAM WAR" BY HARRY G. SUMMERS (BOOK REVIEW). This paper presents a critical and favorable analysis of Summers’ argument that the U.S. lost the Vietnam War because its strategy was confused between the two objectives of militarily defeating external aggression and building up South Vietnamese society. Keywords: Vietnam War military defeat U.S. 6 pages, 8 footnotes, 1 bibliographic source.