The 1968 Tet Offensive Battles Of Quang Tri City And Hue Illustrated Edition

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The 1968 Tet Offensive Battles Of Quang Tri City And Hue [Illustrated Edition]

The 1968 Tet Offensive Battles Of Quang Tri City And Hue [Illustrated Edition]
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Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 9781782893615
ISBN-13 : 178289361X
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Book Synopsis The 1968 Tet Offensive Battles Of Quang Tri City And Hue [Illustrated Edition] by : Erik Villard

Download or read book The 1968 Tet Offensive Battles Of Quang Tri City And Hue [Illustrated Edition] written by Erik Villard and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Includes 10 maps, 5 illustrations] “This monograph focuses on the battles of Quang Tri City and Hue that took place during the 1968 Tet offensive. The offensive itself, an all-out effort by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces to overrun the major cities of South Vietnam, marked the turning point of the Vietnam War. Although the attacks were costly failures in military terms, they set the United States on a path of disengagement from the war that ultimately led to the fall of Saigon some seven years later. The battles for the two northernmost provincial capitals in South Vietnam, Quang Tri City and Hue, are particularly worth examining because the enemy regarded them as key objectives, second only to Saigon, the national capital. To a large extent, the success or failure of the offensive depended on what happened there. The battles tell us much about how the enemy prepared for the offensive, why he achieved a high degree of surprise and initial success, and why his attacks ultimately failed. The battle for Quang Tri City, a textbook example of a vertical envelopment, resulted in a quick allied victory. The fight for Hue turned into a slow, grinding campaign of attrition that lasted nearly a month before the enemy was finally defeated. Together, they offer instruction on the strengths and limitations of airmobile warfare and a primer on urban fighting in a counterinsurgency environment, subjects that continue to be a major Army interest throughout the world.”


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