On February 27th 1968, US news anchor Walter Cronkite delivered an editorial claiming that the Vietnam War was "mired in stalemate".

2018年5月25日 · Until 1968, Walter Cronkite believed what his government told him about the Vietnam War. He was an old-school journalist, a patriot, a man who came of age covering World War II as a...

2009年7月18日 · On February 27th, 1968 during a CBS News Special Report, Cronkite did something that changed America's perception of the Vietnam War. Mr. WALTER CRONKITE (Anchorman): I wrote a...

2018年2月27日 · What is often considered one of the most important events of the Vietnam War took place not on the battlefield, but in a New York television studio. Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the date on which television news anchor Walter Cronkite gave a famed commentary on the ongoing war in Vietnam. The anniversary comes

In the remembrances of Walter Cronkite’s remarkable career, none of his television reports has attracted more attention than his famous broadcast about the Tet Offensive in February 1968 in which...

2022年2月15日 · The memorable broadcast from February 1968 which chronicled Walter Cronkite's visit to the front lines of Vietnam following the Tet Offensive. The special ended with the now legendary personal commentary from Cronkite declaring that the war was unwinnable, and that the best option was to negotiate for an end to the battle.

In February 1968 CBS Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite undertook a two-week fact-finding trip to Vietnam to assess the impact of the Tet Offensive—the massive coordinated North Vietnamese and Vietcong surprise attack on hundreds of targets across South Vietnam.

An abridged version of a live CBS News program hosted by Walter Cronkite that aired on April 29, 1975, called "Vietnam: 'A War That Is Finished,'" this documentary focuses on the history of the...

2018年2月27日 · He crystallized public opposition to the Vietnam War and dealt a setback to the credibility of the U.S. government. The impact of the Pentagon's analysis of the government's policy-making...

What was at stake in this fight, according to Cronkite? Why did Cronkite believe the war had become a stalemate? Why couldn’t the United States negotiate as victors?