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In the end, the Tet Offensive did not succeed in igniting a general uprising against the South Vietnamese government. Official U.S. statistics showed 58,373 enemy dead between January 29 and March 1, 1968, compared with 3,895 American combat deaths, 214 allied troops (Australians, South Koreans, New Zealanders, Thais), 4,954 South Vietnamese troops, and 14,300 South Vietnamese civilians.12 By coming out into the open, the Vietcong lost a great deal of their infrastructure in the South.
The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
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