The War Politburo
North Vietnam's Diplomatic and Political Road to the Têêt Offensive
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12814276 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Liêên-Hang T Nguyen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 4-58 |
| Publication date | 2006-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Vietnamese Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1559-372X • E-ISSN: 1559-3738 |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/vs.2006.1.1-2.4 |
| OpenAlex | W2133414063 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
This article explores the strategy deliberation leading up to Hàà N 4i's decision to go to war in 1959, to embark on a "bigger" war in 1963, and to launch the Tet Offensive in 1968. The militants who controlled the party apparatus advanced their agenda for armed conflict in the South at the expense of socialist transformation in the North. While battling their internal opponents, these hardliners also had to navigate the Sino-Soviet split to advance their war agenda. This article reveals that the launching of the Têêt Offensive signified the militants' neutralization of domestic opposition and foreign obstruction through the implementation of a mass purge known as the "Revisionist Anti-Party Affair
Deliberation · Economics · Management · Offensive · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.28 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2020 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |