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January, 1968. Fighting in Vietnam has been ongoing since the 1950s. Ho Chi Minh and the leaders of the communist forces in Hanoi have concocted a strategy for a decisive victory to end this conflict of attrition.

What happened in the Tet Offensive? Who won? And why was it such a massive turning point for the Americans in Vietnam. We find out with Mark Atwood Lawrence, Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Mark is the author of \\u2018The Vietnam War: A Concise International History\\u2019, \\u2018Assuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam\\u2019 and \\u2018The End of Ambition: The United States and the Third World in the Vietnam Era\\u2019.

Produced by Sophie Gee. Edited by Anisha Deva. Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.

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