ABSTRACT

This book brings to light many aspects of the Tet offensive of 1968, an event acknowledged as the turning-point of the Vietnam War. Using previously unseen Communist Vietnamese documents combined with sources of Western origin, the author provides a more accurate version of the events, their significance, and reveals the crucial role played by US intelligence.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction Tet is Important

part |2 pages

Part One WHAT WE MISSED

chapter 1|10 pages

The Vietnamese Conclusion to People's

chapter 2|14 pages

Reinforcing the South and the Arrival

the Americans

chapter 3|11 pages

The Search for a Strategy

chapter 5|21 pages

The Decision

chapter 7|31 pages

Tet Mau Than: The

part |2 pages

Part Two WHY WE MISSED IT

chapter 8|21 pages

Divided We Fell

chapter 9|25 pages

Synthesis Lost