 IWBAT analyze the Tet Offensive’s role in attitudes about war.

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 IWBAT analyze the Tet Offensive’s role in attitudes about war

 US destroyer gathering intelligence off of N. Vietnam was attacked by three N. Vietnamese torpedo boats.

 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution passed August 7, 1964

 Trail used by N. Vietnam to bring supplies and soldiers in to S. Vietnam  Went from N. Vietnam through Laos and Cambodia

 Tet is the Vietnamese New Year celebration (Happens February 10, 2013)

 Each year there was a two-day cease fire so Vietnamese could celebrate.

 ARVN – Army of the Republic of Vietnam (S. Vietnam Army)  VC – Vietcong  NLF – National Liberation Front

 In paragraph one, what does the author mean by “wishful thinking?” What examples of wishful thinking are given in the text?   What consequences (both positive and negative) came up for the Viet Cong after the Tet Offensive?   What factors around the Tet Offensive, “reduced the American will to fight?”

VIDEO NOTESAMERICAN REACTION  Very noisy  War is stressful

 What is the Ho Chi Minh Trail?  What was the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?  What was the Tet Offensive?  How do you think the media influences how people feel about war?

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