The Tet Offensive : a concise history
(2007)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
959.704342/WILLBANKS,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Columbia University Press, [2007]
©2007
©2007
DESCRIPTION
xxvii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0231128401 (cloth : alk. paper), 9780231128407 (cloth : alk. paper)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Historical overview -- Prelude -- Border battles, hill fights, and Khe Sanh -- The Tet Offensive -- The battle for Hue -- The siege of Khe Sanh -- The impact of the Tet Offensive -- Assessing the Tet Offensive -- Issues and interpretations -- Motivations and objectives of the Tet Offensive - Military intelligence and surprise at Tet -- What happened at Hue? -- Why Khe Sanh? -- Tet and the media -- Tet and American military strategy -- Chronology, 1967-68 -- The Tet Offensive A to Z -- Documents -- Resources -- General works