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Americans began to wonder if the could win the war

While the US Military killed thousands of communists invaders from North Vietnam and stopped the communist offensive dead in it's tracks, the US public seeing the battle on TV, at a time when LBJ and Gen. Westmoreland was saying; 'Peace is at hand', became divided over the war. Clark Clifford replaced Sec. of Defence Robert McNamara, and Clark Clifford recommended pulling out of South Vietnam. Walter Cronkite, respected CBS reporter, recommended pulling out as well. LBJ announced there would be peace talks with North Vietnam in Paris and he would not run for a second term.

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Militarily, the Tet offensive was a failure - the Viet Cong/North Vietnamese were unable to hold the cities they had attacked. Politically, Tet was a success - as a result of Tet, President Johnson realized that the US could not win the war, even with greatly increased effort, and he began the (very protracted) negotiations to end it.

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Americans began to wonder if the could win the war

While the US Military killed thousands of communists invaders from North Vietnam and stopped the communist offensive dead in it's tracks, the US public seeing the battle on TV, at a time when LBJ and Gen. Westmoreland was saying; 'Peace is at hand', became divided over the war. Clark Clifford replaced Sec. of Defence Robert McNamara, and Clark Clifford recommended pulling out of South Vietnam. Walter Cronkite, respected CBS reporter, recommended pulling out as well. LBJ announced there would be peace talks with North Vietnam in Paris and he would not run for a second term.

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The major effect that the Tet offensive had on the war was that the U.S. was able to change their military strategies from their old because their military tactics were old and out dated and after the Tet offensive they had better and improved stratiges.

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