Victory Rests with the Lord
God in the Vietnam War
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The real reason America lost the war in Vietnam is told by the commander of one of the most successful Army infantry companies that fought in Vietnam. As one who led men into battle numerous times, Schmidt testifies to the validity of Proverbs 21:31 which states, "The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord." He makes the case that the Vietnam War was winnable; however, because of America's moral decay, God denied U.S. senior military leaders the wisdom to employ the correct tactics. Although, God disciplined the nation, God blessed and protected Schmidt's company. He provides evidence to God's grace and power by bublishing the company's day by day operations over a six month period that resulted in the company killing or capturing approximately 60 enemy soldiers, while never losing any of their own.
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Victory Rests with the Lord is a validation of Proverbs 21:31, “The Horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.”
The commander of one of the most successful infantry companies during the Vietnam War makes a strong case that the war was winnable if God would have provided our leaders the wisdom and creativity to employ the correct tactics.
Victory Rests with the Lord explains why the most powerful military in the world was defeated in the Vietnam War. It explains why and how God intervened in both victory and defeat within the war.
Uncover both the flawed tactics that led to America’s defeat, and the tactics that would have led to victory if used throughout the war. Victory Rests with the Lord reveals a highly effective automated battlefield that employed mechanical ambushes in the latter years of the war.
Learn the most important lesson from the Vietnam War and what America must do to prevent another similar defeat. Victory Rests with the Lord provides evidence of the power of Jesus Christ and serves as a warning to America to return to the Bible as its moral compass.
About the Author
J IM SCHMIDT is a retired US Army Special Forces lieutenant colonel with over twenty-six years of active military duty. Commissioned an infantry officer, Schmidt served a tour in Vietnam in 1966–67 as a rifle platoon leader and again in 1970–71 as an infantry company commander. The infantry company he commanded in Vietnam for six months killed or captured approximately sixty enemy soldiers without losing any of its own—a success only a few infantry companies achieved in Vietnam.
After returning from Vietnam, Schmidt served in various Special Forces, Infantry, and Joint Special Operations positions. As chief of operations for Special Operations Command, Pacific and J-3 for United States Pacific Command’s on-call Joint Task Force for critical and sensitive contingency operations from 1987 to1990, he was not only instrumental in the development of Special Operation Forces concepts for regional contingencies and general war, but he was also instrumental in the planning and employment of combat forces during crisis response exercises and actual contingencies in the Pacific theater. Many of Schmidt’s concepts have become doctrine within United States Special Operations Command and have proven effective throughout the world. LTC Schmidt holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Southeast Missouri State College and an MBA from the University of Missouri. Jim and his wife, Joyce, live in Fort Collins, Colorado, and have two grown daughters, a grown son, and nine grandchildren.