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This 11 page paper provides an overview of the Vietnam War with a close look at the Tet Offensive and how the city of Hue was seized. The battle that ensued there is detailed and the meaning of Hue is explored. The paper supports the idea that the Tet Offensive was a turning point in the war. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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File: RT13_SA247Hue.doc
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were no heroes to come home as in the aftermath of World War II. Vietnam changed the way that people think of war. With a controversial attrition strategy, instigated by
Westmoreland, the Vietnamese citizens were devastated. The civilians of Vietnam did not deserve this fate and while the war lasted many years, it was one that had been built up
over time. It was not sudden. Rather, it crept up and escalated and finally, by the end of the 1960s, had increased so much, it had prompted news stories which
opposed the war. The government quickly lost support and then there was the Tet Offensive, a mission that would last a month but by many accounts mark a significant transition
in the long, drawn out war. While the entire war was bloody, there was a great deal of strife during the sixties. President Kennedy accepted the domino theory
and by 1963 aid to South Vietnam had tripled ("Vietnam War," 1991). When things escalated to the point where both Diem and Nhu were killed during a coup, and the
new leadership was communist, the United States became even more involved; President Kennedy was assassinated three weeks after the coup (1991). With President Johnson in charge, limited bombing raids were
authorized over North Vietnam and troop levels began to rise (1991). The difference in mentality was obvious. The United States was bullying the people, and it was charged that the
soldiers were killing defenseless citizens of Vietnam. Things were different than they were in other wars. Thus, many more lives were lost in Vietnam than was appropriate. Again, all
war is bad. But Vietnam was the epitome of a bad war. In 1964, the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was initiated ("Gulf," 2002). This joint resolution of Congress
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