Tet Offensive

beginnings of 1968, the Vietcong and the North Vietnamese coordinated an attack on major cities and towns throughout Southern Vietnam. The event was called the Tet Offensive. The Tet Offensive has resulted in major causalities for the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong with having thousands of their soldiers killed. However, the reports of the Tet Offensive were widely publicized has caught the attention throughout the American public. Photographer Eddie Adams took a picture of Nguyen Loan, the chief of police

most likely and trusted reporter in America. He said that he didn't think we could win. The Tet Offensive was the point where Americans understood that we couldn't win in Vietnam. I don't know whether most-Americans knew then, however a good amount had heard. There was resistance to the war, yet it was for the most part in view of the war being improper and unlawful. Be that as it may, after the Tet Offensive the restriction became rapidly, adding to the individuals who trusted the war wasn't right

As 1967 drew to a close, it appeared that the U.S was gaining the upper hand in the Vietnam War. The Tet Offensive of early 1968, however, began the steady decline of U.S fortunes in Vietnam, despite an undeniable military victory. The Tet Offensive of early 1968 denoted the demise of American confidence about the course of the Vietnam War. In the second half of 1967, General Westmoreland made three treks home to the United States to brief President Lyndon Johnson on the advancement of the war. He

Martin Luther King Jr., and Robert Kennedy, the sibling of JFK, Events like Tet Offensive. The to begin with, was the big social equality pioneer Martin Luther King Jr. who was shot off his inn gallery by a vocation criminal James Earl Ray, a racial oppressor. News of his passing was met with an overflowing of sadness and anger. Riots ejected everywhere throughout the nation, essentially in dark urban regions. The Tet Offensive was one of the biggest military battles of the Vietnam War, propelled on

Why are personal interviews so vital when trying to evaluate the past? Perhaps it is because their firsthand accounts of a particular occurrence are something that can not be obtained from a book. These primary sources are crucial to anyone trying to recollect information about a certain topic about the past. However, the interviewer must be cautious when taking someone at their word regarding a certain event for fear of bias and a possible hazy recollection of the actual circumstances surrounding

My father was born on December 15, 1950, in Da Nang, a sleepy city located in Central Vietnam. His mother, my grandma, died when he was very little, so growing up, it was just him and his dad (my grandpa). Hearing my dad tell stories of him and Grandpa together brought to light just how much my grandpa meant to Dad. Every principle that Dad has taught me, he has learned from Grandpa. Sadly, that relationship was short-lived; my grandpa died when Dad was in high school. From the day his dad died to

Should we abandon our country? The Vietnam war was the war between South Vietnam and North Vietnam. Northern Vietnam wanted to spread communism to the Southern part of Vietnam while the Southern part wanted democracy. Many people opposed the war because it was a foreign war and the U.S had no business digging its nose into it. Others claimed that it was intervening with Vietnam’s own independence. During the war the U.S had “drafted” many poor american citizens to fight in the war. Being drafted

whole country under the ideology of a communist government. In 1965, the United States began to become directly involved in the war. I think that January 31st, 1968 was an important event in this period because it was the time of the Tet Offensive. The Tet Offensive was

foreign policy goal in regard to Vietnam. In order for one to understand why the Tet Offensive had a profound impact on United States’ doctrine, this particular key event must be put in the context of American policy and the ensuing conflict in Vietnam up to 1968. The paper will provide an overview of the Cold War policy of containment, the reasoning for America involving itself in Vietnam, and the impact of the Tet Offensive on both the United States and the Johnson administration. Terms The policy

broadcasts of the Tet Offensive, the American people no longer believed that the Vietnam War would be a quick win. The United States forces were able to push back Communist advances, but not without heavy casualties on both sides. Citizens were weary of continuing a war if it meant that sons, husbands, and neighbors would be returning home in caskets. Many were doubtful that the US could even win the war at all. Television reporter Walter Cronkite commented on the Tet Offensive by asking America