Vietnam : a television history. Nguyen Van [produced by WGBH Boston Video].

Format:

Video

Contributor:

WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

Vietnamese

Subjects (All):

Vietnam War, 1961-1975.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (13 minutes)

Place of Publication:

Boston : WGBH Boston, 2011.

Language Note:

In Vietnamese.

In English.

Original language in Vietnamese.

Original language in English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Nguyen Van [full name unknown] was the political commissioner in charge of Hue during the Tet Offensive in 1968. He describes the execution of his plan, which involved - in his own estimation - up to 50,000 fighters on his side between trained soldiers and sympathetic civilians willing to take up arms. He explains that the attack was initially directed at thirty separate targets and lasted twenty-five days. Although American and South Vietnamese forces were able to retake the city, he claims the battle was a success due to the amount of damage they were able to inflict.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed April 08, 2016).

OCLC:

950268128