The_Effect_Of_The_Tet_Offensive_On_The_Vietnam_War

The Effect Of The Tet Offensive On The Vietnam War The United States was directly involved in the Vietnam War from 1964 through 1974. A major event in this war was the Tet Offensive, which profoundly affected American history by impacting our politics, economy, military, and society. The Tet Offensive affected politics by influencing the presidential elections of 1968. It affected the American economy, boosting personal prosperity with new jobs but greatly increasing the national debt, due mainly to the vast amounts of money spent on the war effort after the Tet Offensive. The military was affected by the offensive because of America’s increased involvement in South Vietnam, and the fact that many people in the military realized that this was a war we could not win. The Tet Offensive also had a large impact on the American society due to opposition to the war by civilians and the death of over 50,000 American soldiers. In 1946, the U.S. began providing economic aid to the French in their war against the communist Vietminh. In 1950, the Military Assistance Advisory Group was sent to Vietnam to give military aid to the French. (Dougan 26) Eventually (1954) the French were forced to pull out and Vietnam war, vietnam, tet, offensive, military, troops, after, south, american, forces, major, dougan, vietnamese, affected, 1964, president, over, during, began, united, students, states, soldiers, sent, personnel, out, north, national, johnson, involvement, increased, increase, history, economy, compton’s