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MWN Episode 043 - The Tet Offensive - Vietnam in 1968


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LT. COL. JAMES WILLBANKS (Ret.), the author of The Tet Offensive: A Concise History and the cover story for the Feb. 2018 issue of Vietnam magazine, joins the show to talk about the Tet Offensive and its impact on the turning tide against the Vietnam War. Lt. Col. Willbanks answers questions on the Tet holiday, the surprise nature of the attack, the Tet Offensive's objectives, the U.S. military's reaction, the turn of Walter Cronkite, an influential New York Times article, Sen. Eugene McCarthy, Bobby Kennedy, Richard Nixon, what we can learn from both Vietnam and Tet, and much more! Go to MidnightWriterNews.com for our free archives!

 

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