The Tet Offensive: Intelligence Failure in War
- ISBN-10
- 0801482097
- ISBN-13
- 9780801482090
- Series
- The Tet Offensive
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 290
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Author
- James J. Wirtz
Description
Wirtz explains why U.S. forces were surprised by the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive in 1968. --Roger Hilsman "Political Science Quarterly"
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