Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Impact
on US
- Phsychological
Defeat
- Made government
and public opinion in
western countries
critical of US
- Increased
awareness- Vietnam
became front of
everyone's mind
- Questioning
the War and
US involvement
- People astonished at the
events of Tet, believing
they were not close to
Victory as reported but
actually a long way off
- Losing confidence
in ability to win
- Many decided US
should withdraw
sooner rather being
stuck there
- Opposition
rose sharply
- TURNED
PUBIC
OPINION
- Media focus on
casualties and
televised scenes of
fighting- painful
awareness of cost
in lives