it was more of a so-called moral victory for, the viet cong, than it was a military, wasn't it?rect. for months, the had been telling the american people and all us soldiers there was light at the end of the tunnel that we defeating the enemy across, the country, and that there was hope that the war would ensue. and of course, when this offense had occurred, that completely upended that assumption. i remember listening to the radio the morning of the tet offensive. and general westmoreland came on the radio and said the is secure and we've the enemy. well, it didn't seem very secure when the terrorists got inside the embassy and people had to throw a gun to somebody up there trapped to get him to be able to escape. so it really proved to the people that the war wasn't over. and apparently wasn't going to end any time soon. does the tet offensive play a role in killing grace. i in this particular book that the story just before the tet offensive. but i'm doodling around on a sequel which will correct that problem. already a sequel. well i'm hoping people have told me that they mi

. >> host: peter prichard, it was more of a so-called moral victim for the viet cong than it was the military victory. >> guest: it was, for months the military had been telling the american people and all the soldiers there was light at the end of the tunnel, that we were defeating the enemy across the country and that there was hope that the war would end soon. of course, when this offensive occurred, that completely upended that assumption. i remember listening to the radio the second morning of the tet offensive and general westmoreland came on the radio and said the embassy is secure and we've defeated the enemy. well, it didn't seem very secure when the terrorists got inside the embassy and people had to throw guns at somebody up there trapped to get him to be able to escape. so it really proved to the american people that the war wasn't over and apparently wasn't going to end anytime soon. >> host: does the tet offensive play a role in "killing grace". >> guest: in this particular book, the story ends just before the tet offense, but i'm doodling around on a sequel which will

and it's um, using tactics that are very similar to those used by the viet cong during the vietnam war. you, you can very quickly get yourself mired in a quagmire. and, you know, back in november i started talking about how it already seemed like on a tactical military level. that is really forces were already finding themselves in a quagmire. if you follow up from us is communications. and by the way, i think there's a totally cartoonist portrayal from us that exists and much of the western discourse. and i think it's a journalistic error. i think we have an obligation to understand who it is that we're being told or the new isis or the new nazi's. but when you look at a mazda is communications, they are every single day releasing multiple videos of their attacks against israeli soldiers. and in fact, there was a very deadly incident in mid january. it was the single highest casualty incident that we know about of israeli forces when idea of soldiers and engineering cor, was attempting to reg to structures in eastern guys outside of the magazine, refugee camp with explosives, with min

can hear ooh, what a hot hell and here we are play ku vietnam just about 25 miles from the biggest viet cong base. it's called cambodia. this is flaco, home of the official greeters, weary travelers and the ho chi minh trail. now installation is located at the base of dragon mountain. and i want to tell you, the mountain ain't the only thing around here. there's dragon. and this is mountain yard. this is mountain yard country. i went up to their village and i really enjoyed it. that's we need more of topless allies. and i love the modern facilities they have here. we asked for the washroom. they us two shovels. to mark hasn't heard. let's bring raquel welch back out this isn't for the fellows it's for me. all right, everybody back on the ground. oh, hey, barbara. my standing in the right place. don't worry, honey. if you're not, they'll move the base back out on the back half of those assembled here. i'd like to welcome you to our little ready room. thank you, bob. i'm most happy to be here and see all these boys. oh, they were boys. you came out now they're old men. bob. but these men reall