Overview

The Tet Offensive of 1968 was perhaps the key incident in the War for Vietnam. But the debate surrounding the offensive continues: Was it a failed last-gasp effort by the defeated North Vietnamese and their Viet Cong allies? Or was it part of a larger plan that led to victory for the North Vietnamese and their allies? The essays in this volume are among the very first to seek to dispel the wishful thinking, analytical dogmas, and political agendas that have obscured past efforts to master this key turning point in Vietnamese and American history. They reveal that we can look at the truth—and learn from it.

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Author:   Marc J. Gilbert ,  William P. Head ,  P. Head
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.482kg
ISBN:  

9780275954819

ISBN 10:   0275954811
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   28 August 1996
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface by William Head Introduction by Marc Jason Gilbert and William Head The Tet Offensive by Larry Berman The Tet Offensive and Sino-Vietnamese Relations by John Garver The NLF and the Tet Offensive by Robert Brigham Giap and Mau Than Tet 1968: The Year of the Monkey by Cecil Currey The Tet Offensive and its Aftermath by Ngo Vinh Long My Recollections of the Tet Offensive by Ambassador Bui Diem The Tet Offensive and Middletown: A Study in Contradiction by Anthony O. Edmonds The Warning That Left Something to Chance: Intelligence at Tet by John Prados Don't Bother Me with the Facts; I've Made Up My Mind: The Tet Offensive in the Context of Intelligence and U.S. Strategy by Larry Cable Tet Beyond the Wire: TCK-TKN, the General Offensive-General Uprising by Robert Norse The Battle of Khe Sanh, 1968 by Peter Brush President Johnson and the Decision to Curtail Rolling Thunder by Mark Jacobsen The Myth of Tet: American Failure and the Politics of War by Robert Buzzanco Selected Bibliography Index

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MARC JASON GILBERT is Professor of History at North Georgia University. WILLIAM HEAD is Chief Center Historian at Warner Robins ALC, Robins AFB, Georgia.

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