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The Tet offensive : intelligence failure in war /
"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 on Vietcong and recently...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ithaca :
Cornell University Press,
1991.
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| Colección: | Cornell studies in security affairs.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 on 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."--Back cover |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 290 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-283) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781501713354 1501713353 9781501713361 1501713361 |