We had to save it in order not to forget it: perceptions of Tet'68 in Vietnam narratives

• Autores: Juan José Cruz
• Localización: Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses, ISSN 0211-5913, Nº 30-31, 1995, págs. 71-88
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The insurgent Tet Offensive of 1968 (Lunar New Year, January- February) became one of the pivotal events of the U.S. intervention in the Vietnam War. The psychological blow received by the American forces in Asia and the public opinion in the United States prompted the Johnson Administration to reverse the military deployment in the area.

    This article intends to discuss the way a number of novels and memoirs of the war have portrayed that episode.