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The Tet Offensive : a concise history / James H. Willbanks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Willbanks, James H., 1947-
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tet Offensive, 1968.
- Hue, Battle of, Huế, Vietnam, 1968.
- Khe Sanh, 2nd Battle of, Vietnam, 1968.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Campaigns.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Mass media and the war.
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxvii, 264 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York, N.Y. : Columbia University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- <DIV><P>In the Tet Offensive of 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched a massive countrywide attack on South Vietnam. Though the Communists failed to achieve their tactical and operational objectives, James Willbanks claims Hanoi won a strategic</DIV>
- Contents:
- Historical overview
- Prelude
- Border battles, hill fights, and Khe Sanh
- The Tet Offensive
- The battle for Hue
- The siege of Khe Sanh
- The impact of the Tet Offensive
- Assessing the Tet Offensive
- Issues and interpretations
- Motivations and objectives of the Tet Offensive - Military intelligence and surprise at Tet
- What happened at Hue?
- Why Khe Sanh?
- Tet and the media
- Tet and American military strategy
- Chronology, 1967-68
- The Tet Offensive A to Z
- Documents
- Resources
- General works.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-253) and index.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (Digitalia, viewed December 1, 2023)
- ISBN:
- 9786613008381
- 9781283008389
- 1283008386
- 9780231502351
- 0231502354
- OCLC:
- 367956773
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