Tet Offensive

effort. Before the Tet Offensive it was difficult for the media to get their stories out of South Vietnam, but with the horrific scenes from the war, stories moved from the battlefields and into American homes in a matter of a day or two. One of the most famous photos that the media used to make American people question the War was a photo taken by Eddie Adams. This photo was taken on the streets of Cholon, the incident took place on merely the second day of the Tet Offensive. Adam’s picture…

Before the Tet Offensive, the U.S government was encouraging patriotism and telling Americans that the South Vietnamese and the American soldiers were winning. Even after press released images and videos of the Tet Offensive, the government was desperate to cling to any form of public support, according to Charles Kaiser in the book, 1968 in America, “Just four days after Tet began, [President] Lyndon Johnson called the enemy's military effort a complete failure”(Kaiser, 79). Even after seeing…

dealt many casualties and many realized the war was hopeless. The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening American public support for the war. The NVA-Vietcong attacks were very effective and showed the U.S. and the South Vietnamese that the North Vietnamese were not as weak and untrained as they thought. Both…

Public opinion is a crucial part to any political campaign. Politicians need the public on their side, and they will often employ whatever tactics they can to ensure this support. Taking control of the news, and controlling what the public is informed is no exception. As television entered the homes of Americans nationwide, President Johnson deployed troops into Vietnam. For the first time during the Vietnam War, television made it possible for Americans to be transported to Vietnam all while in…

“Just before your eyes you’d see a dozen civilians go before one soldier.” (“Weapons”). This said by a random Vietnam veteran shows just a very small portion of how the Vietnam War was inhumane. Many innocent civilians had their lives taken or even limbs from their body taken in the war. Life taking machines, B-52 bombers were flying nukes in the war. B-52 Bombers were stocked with several bombs that would kill a man anywhere under one kilometer away from it (“Air”).Last, when it comes to…

– “The effect the Tet Offensive had on the end of American involvement in the Vietnam War” - The Tet Offensive was a major turning point for America fighting in the war. The event caused an overall negative support from the public back home due to medias exposure as well as a financial decline in funds. - There are many different reasons to why the war could have ended and many historians believe it to be the influence of the media on the American public after the Tet Offensive was publicly…

“We won the Tet Offensive. We decimated the Viet Cong. And our wonderful press made us losers. It was right at that point in time, I think, that the press fully turned on the war in Vietnam and started not necessarily generating news, but generating opinions. Because we decimated the Viet Cong during Tet. We decimated the North Vietnamese Army during Tet. Had we pressed the advantage the turnout would have been different. But when you are fighting a war based on politics, stuff happens.(Pritzker…

An analysis of the Tet Offensive reveals stubborn mind sets can lead to strategic intelligence blunders. Many historians and military strategists know the Tet Offensive as the bloodiest time in the Vietnam conflict. Many intelligence professionals could point to certain actions which could have turned the tide of the battle or solidified Allied safety. Setting aside the Status Quo mind set and listening to proven doctrinal concepts fit to adapting to dynamic battlefields could have saved many…

The first article that was insightful of the time before the Tet Offensive came from a newspaper called The Tuscalossa News in August 5, 1964 which is a day after a big attack on American Navy by the North Vietnamese. This article goes by the title of Bipartisan Support Due to Action of Viet Nam. Before getting into the article itself the term Bipartisan need to be defined to help understand what the article is about. Bipartisan happen when two political parties that usually oppose each other 's…

The Vietnam War demonstrates “ The insidious power of propaganda...The longest war this century was a war waged by America against Vietnam... It was an attack on the people of Vietnam, communist and non-communist, by American forces. It was an invasion of their homeland and their lives” ( John Pilger ). Luis Valdez's drama, “ The Buck Private “ explains how the government’s propaganda makes society romanticize war. Valdez supports his argument by illustrating to the audience how society sees…