The Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure in War (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)
Book Details
Author(s)
James J. Wirtz
Publisher
Cornell University Press
ISBN / ASIN
0801482097
ISBN-13
9780801482090
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Description
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.
