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This Time We Win: Revisiting the TET Offensive Hardcover - 2010

by James S. Robbins


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Most of what Americans know about the Tet Offensive is wrong. The brief 1968 battle during the Vietnam conflict marked the dividing line between gradual progress towards an ill-defined victory, and slow descent to a humiliating defeat. The fact that the enemy was, in fact, handily defeated on the ground was immaterial; that they could mount an attack at all was deemed a military triumph for the Vietcong. At least this is the received wisdom of Tet. In This Time We Win, James S. Robbins at last provides an antidote to the flawed Tet mythology that continues to shape the perceptions of American military conflicts against unconventional enemies and haunt our troops in combat. Indeed, America's enemies recognize and find inspiration in the prevailing Tet narrative. In his thorough re-examination of the Tet Offensive, Robbins examines the battle in the familiar frameworks of terrorism, war crimes, intelligence failure, troop surges, leadership breakdown, and media bias. The result is an explosion of the conventional wisdom on this infamous battle, one that offers real lessons for today's unconventional wars. Without a clear understanding of these lessons, we will find ourselves reliving the Tet Offensive again and again.

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  • Title This Time We Win: Revisiting the TET Offensive
  • Author James S. Robbins
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 360
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Encounter Books, New York
  • Date 2010-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9781594032295 / 1594032297
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.38 x 1.19 in (23.62 x 16.21 x 3.02 cm)
  • Themes
    • Aspects (Academic): Historical
    • Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
  • Library of Congress subjects Tet Offensive, 1968
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009049374
  • Dewey Decimal Code 959.704

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Citations

  • Choice, 10/01/2011, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 12/13/2010, Page 0

About the author

James S. Robbins is senior editorial writer for foreign affairs at the Washington Times and executive director of the American Security Council Foundation. A former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Robbins is a frequent commentator on national security issues on national and international television and radio. He holds a PhD from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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