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How Press and President Got Psyched Out
Some revisionists continue to believe that the press lost the war in Vietnam. Two journalists have written books that seem to substantiate their thesis. Both base their critique on media coverage of the Tet Offensive. Don Oberdofer’s Tet and Peter Braestrup’s Big Story have become essential texts in the revisionist library. Braestrup’s argument is particularly important – and in some respects mystifying. Read the rest of this entry »
