| The Tet Offensive: A Brief History with Documents Contributor(s): Allison, William Thomas (Editor) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0415956811 ISBN-13: 9780415956819 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $48.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: The Tet Offensive is widely considered to be a turning point of the Vietnam War. From that point forward, although the campaigns included in the Offensive were crushing defeats for the Communist forces, the U.S. support for the war dwindled. Although defeated militarily, the Communists did effectively manipulate media influence, propaganda, and popular opinion to sway the outcome of their military objectives. Through primary sources, collected together for the first time, William Thomas Allison explores the Tet Offensive through political, military, and public lenses, including the Vietnamese perspective, to give students and scholars a well-rounded view of the events. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Vietnam War |
| Dewey: 959.704 |
| LCCN: 2007033629 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.2" W x 8.87" (0.87 lbs) 170 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Chronological Period - 1960's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: With Americans turning against the war in ever greater numbers, struggles for power between the government and the military, and no end in sight to the fighting, the Tet Offensive of 1968 proved to be the turning point of the Vietnam War. In The Tet Offensive, historian William Thomas Allison provides a clear, concise overview of the major events and issues surrounding the Tet Offensive, and compiles carefully selected primary sources to illustrate the complex military, political, and public decisions that made up Tet. The Tet Offensive is composed of two parts: an accessible, well-illustrated narrative overview, and a collection of core primary source documents. Throughout the narrative, historiographic questions are addressed within the text to highlight discussion among historians over pivotal points of debate. The objectively selected documents provide students with raw material from which to gain insight into these events through their own analysis, and to improve their ability to discuss and understand the importance of historical scholarship. Approachable and insightful, The Tet Offensive is not only a great introduction to reading history through primary sources, it is an essential tool for understanding what made the Tet Offensive such an important turning point of the Vietnam War. |