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Tet!: The Turning Point in the Vietnam War
Don Oberdorfer
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Description for Tet!: The Turning Point in the Vietnam War
Paperback. Based on his own observations as a correspondent for the Washington Post and interviews with hundreds of people who were caught up in the struggle, Tet! remains an essential contribution to our understanding of the Vietnam War. Num Pages: 440 pages, 48, 44 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBWS2; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 27. Weight in Grams: 528.
Finalist for the 1971 National Book Award In early 1968, Communist forces in Vietnam launched a surprise offensive that targeted nearly every city, town, and major military base throughout South Vietnam. For several hours, the U.S. embassy in Saigon itself came under siege by Viet Cong soldiers. Militarily, the offensive was a failure, as the North Vietnamese Army and its guerrilla allies in the south suffered devastating losses. Politically, however, it proved to be a crucial turning point in America's involvement in Southeast Asia and public opinion of the war. In this classic work of military history and war ... Read more
Finalist for the 1971 National Book Award In early 1968, Communist forces in Vietnam launched a surprise offensive that targeted nearly every city, town, and major military base throughout South Vietnam. For several hours, the U.S. embassy in Saigon itself came under siege by Viet Cong soldiers. Militarily, the offensive was a failure, as the North Vietnamese Army and its guerrilla allies in the south suffered devastating losses. Politically, however, it proved to be a crucial turning point in America's involvement in Southeast Asia and public opinion of the war. In this classic work of military history and war ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
574g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801867033
SKU
V9780801867033
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About Don Oberdorfer
Don Oberdorfer was a diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post from 1976 until his retirement in 1993. His other books include From the Cold War to a New Era, also available in paperback from Johns Hopkins, and The Two Koreas.
Reviews for Tet!: The Turning Point in the Vietnam War
Tet! is a rare commodity in war chronicles and a book that justifies its own exclamation mark... A pioneering work.
John Franklin Campbell New York Times Book Review The author's reconstruction of the battle ranks with the best war reporting of World War II and Korea.
Frederick Taylor Wall Street Journal [Oberdorfer] has written here a book which ... Read more
John Franklin Campbell New York Times Book Review The author's reconstruction of the battle ranks with the best war reporting of World War II and Korea.
Frederick Taylor Wall Street Journal [Oberdorfer] has written here a book which ... Read more