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James J. Wirtz
Tet Offensive [PDF ebook]
Intelligence Failure in War

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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.

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Idioma Inglés ● Formato PDF ● Páginas 272 ● ISBN 9781501713361 ● Editorial Cornell University Press ● Publicado 2013 ● Descargable 3 veces ● Divisa EUR ● ID 5365514 ● Protección de copia Adobe DRM

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