The Vietnam War : the Tet Offensive 1968 /
On 30 January 1968 the North Vietnamese communists launched a coordinated surprise attack - the Tet Offensive - across South Vietnam against the South Vietnamese and American armies. Superior firepower eventually crushed the offensive, but it proved to be a major psychological victory for the commun...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Barnsley :
Pen & Sword Military,
2014.
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Colección: | Modern warfare (Pen and Sword)
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | On 30 January 1968 the North Vietnamese communists launched a coordinated surprise attack - the Tet Offensive - across South Vietnam against the South Vietnamese and American armies. Superior firepower eventually crushed the offensive, but it proved to be a major psychological victory for the communists - a turning point in the Vietnam War. Anthony Tucker-Jones, in this photographic history of Tet - and of American involvement in the struggle against the forces of the Viet Cong and the regular North Vietnamese army - uses over 180 contemporary images, colour and black and white, to show all s. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781473851382 1473851386 1783463627 9781783463626 |