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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.
- Author James J. Wirtz
- ISBN13 9780801482090
- ISBN10 0801482097
- Pages 290
- Published 1991
- Fecha de publicación 07/05/1991
- Language German, French
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Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure in War (German, French)
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- James J. Wirtz
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- Cornell University Press (1991)
- 9780801482090



