But thousands more have been killed and maimed a few at a time. many by accident. caught by our bombs or between contesting forces. The civilian death rate was estimated at between 150.000 and 200.000 annually. even before the 1968 Tet offensive. And there are steps short of death. Four million South Vietnameseor one third of the rural population of this rural countryhave had to flee their homes and become refugees. Those who have returned to their villages after incarceration in tent cities have probably found their animals dead. their fields mined. and their dwellings destroyed. Is this how the "hearts and minds" of the Vietnamese are won?
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