Tet 1968: Understanding the Surprise 1136301089, 9781136301087

This book brings to light many aspects of the Tet offensive of 1968, an event acknowledged as the turning-point of the V

212 67 2MB

English Pages 240 Year 2012

Tet 1968: Understanding the Surprise
1136301089, 9781136301087

There is no more famous a vessel in naval fiction than HMS Surprise, the principal ship in Patrick O’Brian’s much-celebr

737 33 79MB Read more

Author's Note; Acknowledgments; Glossary and Guide to Abbreviations; Maps; Chapter 1-Marines Fight in Cities and To

380 49 24MB Read more

477 69 457KB Read more

Wirtz explains why U.S. forces were surprised by the North Vietnamese Tet Offensive in 1968.

170 108 32MB Read more

338 75 66MB Read more

668 121 2MB Read more

The purpose of this book is to examine the variety, the mechanisms, and the poetological intention of the effect of surp

387 28 2MB Read more

Surprise is treated as an affect in Aristotelian philosophy as well as in Cartesian philosophy. In experimental psycholo

683 187 2MB Read more

This new study asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about

172 89 1MB Read more

It's what's inside that counts! Surprise your friends and family with these stunningly inventive cakes, includ

159 81 10MB Read more