The Tet Offensive
Subtitle: A Brief History with Documents
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: March 13, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780415956819
Subjects: Asian history: Vietnam War; History of specific subjects; War & defence operations; c 1960 to c 1970; History; History - Military / War; Military; Vietnam; Military - Vietnam War; History / Military / Vietnam War
Description: "In The Tet Offensive, historian William Thomas Allison provides a clear, concise overview of the major events and issues surrounding the Tet Offensive, and compiles carefully selected primary sources to illustrate the complex military, political, and public decisions that made up Tet.

The Tet Offensive is composed of two parts: an accessible, well-illustrated narrative overview, and a collection of core primary source documents. Throughout the narrative, historiographic questions are addressed within the text to highlight discussion among historians over pivotal points of debate. The objectively selected documents provide students with raw material from which to gain insight into these events through their own analysis, and to improve their ability to discuss and understand the importance of historical scholarship.

Approachable and insightful, The Tet Offensive is not only a great introduction to reading history through primary sources, it is an essential tool for understanding what made the Tet Offensive such an important turning point of the Vietnam War."--Jacket.