Mandelbaum, the Tet Offensive and Media Reporting
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Xie Taoxi
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Johns Hopkins University Professor, Michael Mandelbaum underestimated the effect of the reporting of Tet. Tet reporting should be regarded as a significant factor that contributed to the disastrous political optics of President Johnson.
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