Introduction
Chapter 1: The American Road to Vietnam
Chapter 2: Light at the End of the Tunnel
Chapter 3: The Tet Offensive
Chapter 4: Capping Escalation
Chapter 5: The Meaning of Tet
Bibliographic Essay
David F. Schmitz is Robert Allen Skotheim Chair of History at Whitman College. He is the author of Henry L. Stimson: The First Wise Man, Thank God They're On Our Side: The United States and Right-Wing Dictatorships, 1921–1965, and The United States and Fascist Italy, 1922–1940.
The Tet Offensive is a lucid and authoritative reexamination of a
key moment in the Vietnam War. Schmitz is an intelligent and
discerning historian, and he shows it in this excellent brief
introduction to the subject.
*Fredrik Logevall, Cornell University; author of Choosing War: The
Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam*
The Tet Offensive is essential reading for scholars and students of
the Vietnam War as well as general readers interested in one of the
key turning points in post-1945 American history. Writing with
remarkable economy and clarity, David F. Schmitz persuasively
argues for a new understanding of U.S. decision-making during the
critical early months of 1968. In the process, he dismantles the
old and pernicious notion that the American media turned a military
victory for the United States into a defeat by convincing the U.S.
public that the war was unwinnable. This book will surely stand for
years to come as the most authoritative brief account of American
responses to the Tet Offensive.
*Mark A. Lawrence, University of Texas at Austin; author of The
Vietnam War: A Concise International History*
Schmitz offers a concise, convincing portrayal of the Tet
Offensive's crucial significance in the history of the Vietnam War.
. . . Highly recommended.
*CHOICE*
David F. Schmitz has produced a compact and readable history of
what is arguably the most important chapter in the American war in
Vietnam.
*Erik B. Villard, U.S. Center of Military History*
David Schmitz has provided a sound, compact, and fast-paced account
of the critical phase of the Vietnam War, nicely blending military,
political, diplomatic, and economic developments. This book should
prove appealing to students and general readers alike.
*Robert J. McMahon, The Ohio State University*
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