The Tet Offensive : Intelligence Failure in War /

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"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...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wirtz, James J., 1958-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Tet-offensief.
Military intelligence.
HISTORY > Military > Vietnam War.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Service des renseignements militaires.
Têt, Offensive du, 1968.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > United States.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Military intelligence.
Tet Offensive, 1968.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"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
Description matérielle:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9781501713361

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