The insurgent Tet Offensive of 1968 (Lunar New Year, January-
February) became one of the pivotal events of the U.S. intervention in
the Vietnam War. The psychological blow received by the American
forces in Asia and the public opinion in the United States prompted the
Johnson Administration to reverse the military deployment in the area.
This article intends to discuss the way a number of novels and memoirs
of the war have portrayed that episode.
