| Description |
1 online resource (xxvii, 264 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Gale virtual reference library
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Gale virtual reference library.
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| Contents |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-253) and index. |
| Summary |
Begins with a historical overview of the events leading up to the offensive, the attack itself, and the consequent battles of Saigon, Hue, and Khe Sahn. Continues with a critical assessment of the main themes and issues surrounding the offensive, and concludes with excerpts from American and Vietnamese documents, maps and chronologies, an annotated list of resources, and a short encyclopedia of key people, places, and events. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tet Offensive (1968) |
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Tet Offensive, 1968.
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| Chronological Term |
1968 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Computer network resources.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Willbanks, James H., 1947- Tet Offensive. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007 (DLC) 2006012721 |
| ISBN |
9780231502351 (electronic book) |
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0231502354 (electronic book) |
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0231128401 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780231128407 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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