The Tet Offensive
Intelligence Failure in War| By: | James J. Wirtz |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780801424861 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781501713361 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1994 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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In this account of one of the worst intelligence failures in American
history, James J. Wirtz explains why U.S. forces were surprised by the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive in 1968. Wirtz reconstructs the turning point of the Vietnam War in unprecedented detail. Drawing upon Vietcong and recently declassified U.S. sources, he is able to trace the strategy and unfolding of the Tet campaign as well as the U.S. response.