| Description |
xxvii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-253) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. Historical overview -- 1. Prelude -- American public opinion -- Public relations and Westmoreland's optimism -- Troop disposition -- The communist decision to conduct the offensive -- The plan -- Preparing for the offensive -- 2. Border battles, hill fights, and Khe Sanh -- Khe Sanh -- The gill fights -- Operation Niagara -- The siege of Khe Sanh begins -- 3. The Tet Offensive -- The offensive begins -- The battle for Saigon -- The battle at the U.S. Embassy -- Attacks around the city -- The battle of Cholon -- Tet countrywide -- 4. The battle for Hue -- The battle begins -- The Marines respond -- Fighting in the new city -- The fight for the Citadel -- 5. The siege of Khe Sanh -- The fall of Lang Vei -- Resupplying the Marines -- Tactical air support -- A new attack -- Lifting the siege -- 6. The impact of the Tet Offensive -- Political fallout -- The request for additional troops -- The New Hampshire primary -- The presidential election of 1968 -- 7. Assessing the Tet Offensive -- |
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pt. II. Issues and interpretations -- 8. Motivations and objectives of the Tet Offensive -- 9. Military intelligence and surprise at Tet -- 10. What happened at Hue? -- 11. Why Khe Sanh? -- 12. Tet and the media -- 13. Tet and American military strategy -- Notes -- pt. III. Chronology, 1967-68 -- pt. IV. The Tet Offensive A to Z -- pt. V. Documents -- President Johnson's "San Antonio formula" speech of September 29, 1967 -- Directive on forthcoming offensive and uprisings, Provincial Party Standing Committee, 1 November 1967 -- Capabilities of the Vietnamese communists for fighting in South Vietnam, November 13, 1967 (Extract) -- Address by Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, General William C. Westmoreland, November 21, 1967 (Extract) -- "Saigon under fire," CBS News special report, January 31, 1968 -- Memorandum from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler for the President, February 12, 1968 (Extract) -- Walter Cronkite's "We are mired in stalemate" CBS News broadcast, February 27, 1968 -- Report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler on the situation in Vietnam and MACV Force requirements, February 27, 1968 (Extract) -- Summary of notes from March 26, 1968, meeting between President Lyndon Johnson and the Wise Men -- President Johnson's address to the nation announcing his decision not to seek reelection, March 31, 1968 -- |
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pt. VI. Resources -- General works -- Encyclopedias, bibliographies, dictionaries, guides, and atlases -- General histories, anthologies -- Biographies -- Memoirs -- Vietnamese perspectives -- Oral histories -- Document collections -- Lyndon Johnson and the war -- The Tet Offensive -- The battle of Hue -- The siege of Khe Sanh -- The hill fights and border battles -- President Lyndon B. Johnson and the media -- Military intelligence and Tet -- U.S. strategy in Vietnam -- Combat after-action reports and command histories -- Microfilm/microfiche -- Documentary films -- Electronic resources -- Web sites -- CD-ROMs -- Archives and libraries. |
| Subject |
Tet Offensive, 1968.
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| ISBN |
0231128401 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780231128407 cloth alkaline paper |
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