The Daily History Chronicle

On January 31, 1968, Viet Cong sappers blew a hole in the wall of the American Embassy in Saigon and in doing so, blew apart the credibility of the United States government. The Tet Offensive was a military defeat for North Vietnam but a psychological victory that changed how Americans view their leaders. This episode explores how the gap between official optimism and televised reality created a crisis of trust that persists to this day.