Promotional Information

Oberdorfer gives suspense to history. This is what reporting should be. -- David Halberstam A valuable addition to the history of our purgatory... The reporting is bull's-eye accurate. -- Walter Cronkite

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface to the Johns Hopkins Edition Preface to the Original Edition I "THEY'RE COMING IN!" II DECISION IN THE NORTH III AMERICA ON THE EVE IV ATTACK! V THE SHOCK WAVE VI DEATH IN THE HUE VII AMERICA THE VINCIBLE VIII TURNAROUND Afterword Chronology Chapter notes, Acknowledgments and Sources Index Maps

About the Author

Don Oberdorfer was a diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post from 1976 until his retirement in 1993. His other books include From the Cold War to a New Era, also available in paperback from Johns Hopkins, and The Two Koreas.

Reviews

Tet! is a rare commodity in war chronicles and a book that justifies its own exclamation mark... A pioneering work. -- John Franklin Campbell New York Times Book Review The author's reconstruction of the battle ranks with the best war reporting of World War II and Korea. -- Frederick Taylor Wall Street Journal [Oberdorfer] has written here a book which should take its place alongside the historical volumes about Vietnam of Bernard Fall and Robert Shaplen. -- John Hughes Christian Science Monitor It is essential reading for everyone concerned about the Vietnam war-and the making of American foreign policy... An important as well as a fascinating book. -- Anthony Lake Washington Post