Tet Offensive

against the war. Other non-violent action such as blockades of roads and streets became common. The Tet offensive conducted by North Vietnam on January 30, 1968 shocked the American public. It can be said that the Tet offensive was a turning point in the war because it influenced the American public who realized that the entire war was senseless and there was no strategy to end the war. The Tet offensive occurred around the same time that the government considered General Westmoreland’s request…

John Lennon, the co-founder of the popular English rock band the Beatles, once said, ““The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn 't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.” During the 1960’s, the “possibilities” that filled the atmosphere of the United States was challenges of the societal norm on discrimination and an overseas war that consumed both lives and trusts of the citizens in the US. As the 1960s dragged…

General Truong had a sense of unease as the Tet holiday began on 29 January. Although his intelligence staff did not think the enemy had the capability or the intention of launching a major attack against Hue, the general was painfully aware of the city’s vulnerabilities. His division was tough and battle tested but stretched uncomfortably thin throughout I Corps. Two battalions of the 3d Infantry Regiment were west of Hue, one on a routine sweep mission and the other undergoing training at…

supportive of the war as the United States was portrayed as winning the war. Editors on the homefront often downplayed the tragedies and realities that were being reported over seas. The major turning point of American opinion came after the Tet Offensive of 1968, one of the largest military campaigns of the war by forces of the…

Lasting two decades of the 20th century, the Vietnam War was undeniably the longest and the most horrendous war in the history of America. The United States supported South Vietnam and resisted communist North. Based on our study, it was my contention that as one of America’s most controversial wars, the Vietnam War had far-reaching impacts on American citizens’ perceptions of government and military for years. Firstly, the credibility gap between the American government and the American…

involvement. This led to mounting pressure on the government from the anti-war movement that caused the US to eventually withdraw. The media was originally sympathetic to the war effort, but became overwhelming negative after the events of the Tet Offensive. This immense change in support influenced the public to turn against the war in a society that rarely questioned official policy. Eventually, a massive anti-war movement and public…

fight for what they believe in and confront those “who” oppress them. The people from this era had more than enough justifiable reasons for disputing the powers at hand. However, this paper will focus on threes of these aspects: starting with the Tet Offensive that led to the disconnect between the Government and its citizens, to the rebellious youth that where at the forefront…

The press being allowed to broadcast the Vietnam War, the mental state of soldiers and when they returned from the war had a big impact on how U.S. citizens viewed the Vietnam War. It had a role that changed the outcome of the war so that America would eventually lose. The broadcasts were one of the main causes of the antiwar counterculture that formed in the United States during this time. Every day it showed the horrors of war in almost every home, causing some of the American citizens at…

The discrediting of American exceptionalism can be traced to several turning points during the war, namely, the My Lai massacre, the Tet Offensive, and the Fall of Saigon. In December 1969, Ronald Haeberle’s photographs of a horrendous massacre of Vietnamese villagers were published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. As details of the infamous My Lai massacre and the army’s cover-up emerged…

provision, the supporting of United States contributed largely for the needs of the Southern Vietnam. After the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Johnson took over the presidency and he did increasing the number of troops deployed to Vietnam. Tet Offensive was a turning point of Vietnam War due to the bloodshed and devastation wrought by the heavy fighting, along with the media had a strong influence on the mainstream perspective. It inflamed the growing dissatisfaction of the public with…