United States Marines in Vietnam: The Defining Year 1968

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AcknowledgmentsIntroductionMapsAbbreviations Part IHistorical Overview Chapter 1. Prelude American Public OpinionPublic Relations and Westmoreland's OptimismTroop DispositionThe Communist Decision to Conduct the OffensiveThe PlanPreparing for the Offensive Chapter 2. Border Battles, Hill Fights, and Khe Sanh Khe SanhThe Hill FightsOperation NiagaraThe Siege of Khe Sanh Begins Chapter 3. The Tet Offensive The Offensive BeginsThe Battle for SaigonThe Battle at the U.S. EmbasssyAttacks Around the CityThe Battle of CholonTEt Countrywide Chapter 4. The Battle for Hue The Battle BeginsThe Marines RespondFighting in the New CityThe Fight for the Citadel Chapter 5. The Siege of Khe Sanh The Fall of Lang VeiResupplying the MarinesTactical Air SupportA New AttackLifting the Siege Chapter 6. The Impact of the Tet Offensive Political FalloutThe Request for Additional TroopsThe New Hampshire PrimaryThe Presidential Election of 1968 Chapter 7. Assessing the Tet Offensive Part IIIssues and Interpretations Chapter 8. Motivations and Objectives of the Tet Offensive Chapter 9. Military Intelligence and the Surprise at Tet Chapter 10. What Happened at Hue? Chapter 11. Why Khe Sanh? Chapter 12. Tet and the Media Chapter 13. Tet and the American Military Strategy Notes Part IIIChronology, 1967-68 Part IVThe Tet Offensive A to Z Part VDocuments President Johnson's San Antonio Formula Speech of September 29, 1967 Directive on Forthcoming Offensive and Uprisings, Priovincial Party Standing Committee, 1 November 1967 Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam, November 13, 1967 (Extract) Address by Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, General William C. Westmoreland, November 21, 1967 (Extract) Saigon Under Fire, CBS News Special Report, January 31, 1968 Memorandum from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler for the President, February 12, 1968 (Extract) Walter Cronkite's We are Mired in Stalemate CBS News Broadcast, February 27, 1968 Report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler on the Situation in Vietnam and MACV Force Requirements, February 27. 1968 (Extract) Summary of Notes from March 26, 1968, Meeting Between President Lyndon Johnson and the Wise Men President Johnson's Address to the Nation Announcing His Decision Not to Seek Reelection, March 31, 1968 Part VIResources General Works Encyclopedias, Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Guides, and AtlasesGeneral Histories, AnthologiesBiographiesMemoirsVietnamese PerspectivesOral HistoriesDocument Collections Lyndon Johnson and the War The Tet Offensive The Battle of Hue The Siege of Khe Sanh The Hill Fights and Border Battles President Lyndon Johnson and the Media Military Intelligence and Tet U.S. Strategy in Vietnam Combat After-action Reports and Command Histories Microfilm/Microfiche Documentary Films Electronic Resources Web SitesCD-ROMs Archives and Libraries Index