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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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Språk Engelska ● Formatera PDF ● Sidor 272 ● ISBN 9781501713361 ● Utgivare Cornell University Press ● Publicerad 2013 ● Nedladdningsbara 3 gånger ● Valuta EUR ● ID 5365514 ● Kopieringsskydd Adobe DRM

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