President Johnson insisted the Tet Offensive had been a "devastating defeat for the communists." Militarily, he was right. Of the 84,000 enemy troops estimated to have taken part, more than half—as many as 58,000 men and women—are thought to have been killed, wounded, or captured. But it also showed that even after so many years of war, North Vietnam still had the will and resources to fight. Walter Cronkite came home from covering the Tet Offensive convinced that victory was no longer possible. He told his viewers, "it is increasingly clear to this reporter that the only rational way out...will be to negotiate, not as victors, but as an honorable people who lived up to their pledge to defend democracy and did the best they could."

NOTE: This video is part of a lesson plan titled The Tet Offensive: A Media Analysis Activity.