Rather than view Vietnam to be an inevitable conflict for the United States, many contemporary historians maintain that the United States could have avoided this costly war.
Rather than view Vietnam as an inevitable conflict for the United States, many contemporary historians maintain that the United States could have avoided this costly war.
Rather than view Vietnam to be an inevitable conflict for the United States, many contemporary historians maintain that the United States could have avoided this costly war.
Rather than view Vietnam as an inevitable conflict for the United States, many contemporary historians maintain that the United States could have avoided this costly war.
The verb "view" idiomatically takes the preposition "as", and never takes an infinitive.