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In recounting these actions we have rnore often than not
veered frorn straight reporting and inserted sorrle Personal feelings
and irnpreseions, Sornetirnes we also have included our own or local
rnilitary cornrnandersr assessrnents of the situation in their areas of
responsibiLity, to include the shortcornings as well as the assets of
the con{ronting troops, These observations, of course, cannot be
completely objective but our arnbition is to supply our readers with as
unbiased an account of the events of I968 as possible' We wish to give
all concerned, especially students of rnilitary affairs, an opportunity
to assess the general situation on its own rnerits and forrnulate their
private opinions,
Although far {rorn being a cornplete account of what took
place in the nationts four corps areas during the Cornrnunist trUinter-
Spring Carnpaign, it is our feeling that it includes enough data to
assess the Viet Cong offensive as a failure. Since the offensjve was a
catastrophe of rnajor proportions for the aggressors it contained the
seeds of rnany later political and military developments that can only
be helpful in achieving a just and lasting peace for the people of South
Viet -Narn.

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