The Tet Offensive : : Intelligence Failure in War / / James J. Wirtz.
In this account of one of the worst intelligence failures in Americanhistory, 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 upon Vietcong and recently decl...
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Wirtz, James J., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Tet Offensive : Intelligence Failure in War / James J. Wirtz. Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2013] ©1994 1 online resource (272 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I. “The Big Victory, The Great Task” -- Part II. The Origins Of Surpriseo -- Conclusion: Explaining the Failure of Intelligence -- Bibliography -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star In this account of one of the worst intelligence failures in Americanhistory, 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 upon 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. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Apr 2024) Tet Offensive, 1968. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Military intelligence. Vietnam War, 1961-1975 United States. Military History. U.S. History. Vietnam. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International). bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Archive Pre-2000 9783110536171 https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501713361 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501713361 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781501713361/original |
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