Captain Ronnie E. Ford

Tet 1968

Understanding the Surprise

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings to light many aspects of the Tet offensive of 1968, an event acknowledged as the turning-point of the Vietnam War. Using previously unseen Communist Vietnamese documents combined with sources of Western origin, the author provides a more accurate version of the events, their significance, and reveals the crucial role played by US intelligence.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 360g
• ISBN-13: 9780714641669
• ISBN-10: 0714641669
• Artikelnr.: 69897537

Autorenporträt

Captain Ronnie E. Ford

Inhaltsangabe

One would think that a great power would devote itself to intensive study
of the only war in history that it ever lost. Instead, in my opinion, our
military educational institutions hardly mention Vietnam. We prefer to
study wars that fit our own peculiar paradigm, one that our enemies will
not agree to follow. To succeed in international affairs in this post-Cold
War world, we must understand how our enemies use our strength against us,
making it irrelevant and defeating us in battles we do not even know are
being fought. Fords book is one source of information useful to that goal."
John B Hunt, US Army Command and General Staff College
The Journal of Strategic Studies- "The book is well researched and thickly
footnoted. It is easily readable...a useful book on an event that merits
further study."
War in History- "..impressive and concentrated study of the Tet Offensive
of 1968. Deservedly praiseworthy study."
Infantry- " an intriguing work that raises important questions and wet our
appetite for further opening opening of the records on important subjects"
Intelligence and National Security- " The practitioner and scholar of
intelligence and national security affairs will find much of interest in
Ronnie Ford"s book.