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North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces launch Tet Offensive throughout South Vietnam

Year: 1968

Geographical Region(s): Southeast Asia 

Category: International Relations and Warfare

Associated Nation(s): United States Vietnam

Additional Content:

US Marines in Vietnam: 1968 The Defining Year
by Jack Shulimson, Lieutenant Colonel Leonard A. Blasiol, U.S. Marine Corps, Charles R. Smith, and Captain David A. Dawson, U.S. Marine Corps

(Origins Article): Conflict Termination: How to End—and Not to End—Insurgencies
A vast majority of Americans, according to recent polling, want an end to the Iraq war. The question, however, is how to end it. In this issue Professor Joe Guilmartin examines the 'endgame' of several 20th century conflicts to see what lessons we might learn.