This conference is part of the Asia Initiative conference series, organized by the IWP China/Asia Program.
About the conference:
Most of what Americans have heard about the Tet Offensive is false. The fact that the North Vietnamese and Vietnamese forces had been handily defeated was considered unimportant by the press; The fact that he could organize attacks was seen as a military triumph for the communists. This enduring view of Tet is a defeatist scenario that continues to inspire America's foreign enemies and its domestic critics of the use of force abroad.
James S. Robbins provides an antidote to the flawed Tet mythology that still shapes perceptions of America's military conflicts against unconventional enemies and haunts our troops in combat. In his re-examination of the Tet Offensive, Robbins analyzes the Tet battles and their impact through themes of terrorism, war crimes, intelligence failure, troop surges, collapse of the leadership and media bias. The result is an explosion of conventional wisdom about this infamous incident, which offers real lessons for today's unconventional wars. Without a clear understanding of these lessons, we will find ourselves waging the Tet Offensive again and again.
About the speaker:
Dr. James S. Robbins is a national security columnist for USA Today and a senior fellow for national security affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council.
Dr. Robbins is a former special assistant in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, and in 2007 he received the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Award for Meritorious Civilian Service. He is also the former award-winning senior foreign affairs editor of The Washington Times. His work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, National Review and other publications. He appears regularly on national and international television and radio.
Dr. Robbins holds a Ph.D. He holds a BA from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and has taught at the National Defense University and Marine Corps University, among other schools. His research interests include terrorism and national security strategy, political theory, and military history.
Dr. Robbins is the author of five books, including The Real Custer: From Boy General to Tragic Hero, This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive, and the acclaimed Last in Their Class: Custer, Pickett and the Goats of West Point by criticism. .
Buy Dr. Robbins' book, "This Time We Win: Revisiting the Tet Offensive/": https://www.amazon.com/This-Time-Win-Revisiting-Offensive/dp/1594036381
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