THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE VIETNAM WAR
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Question
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Many no longer trusted President Johnson when he said the Viet Cong failed.
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Americans were tired of the seemingly endless brutality of war.
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Tet was larger than U.S. intelligence officials had expected.
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The American news media kept saying that the U.S. was losing the war.
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all of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In many respects, the Tet Offensive was a military disaster for the communists: They suffered 10 times more casualties than their enemy and failed to control any of the areas captured in the opening days of the offensive.
Detailed explanation-2: -Despite heavy casualties, North Vietnam achieved a strategic victory with the Tet Offensive, as the attacks marked a turning point in the Vietnam War and the beginning of the slow, painful American withdrawal from the region.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Tet Offensive played an important role in weakening U.S. public support for the war in Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh and leaders in Hanoi planned the Tet Offensive in the hopes of achieving a decisive victory that would end the grinding conflict that frustrated military leaders on both sides.