1 of 18: Today, we are asking #MilTwitter to Show Us Your Bookshelves.

We'd like to know what folks like @Mother_Of_Tanks are reading (likely a shelf full of books about WWII tank battles), & we hear that @WTFIOGuy has a decent collection. So, here's a thread in XVIII tweets.

2 of 18: Like many Americans, we here at America's Contingency Corps HQ have had a fair amount of time recently to reorganize the bookshelves in our homes and offices. So, what is the XVIII Corps reading?

3/18: 1 area of reading interest for us is the surprise Tet Offensive in Jan '68 during the Vietnam War. This corps pushed out @PantherBrigade of the @82ndABNDiv (the strategic reserve at the time) to respond to the ferocious attacks by the N. in the Huế area of I Corps ' sector

4 of 18: B/f Tet, our @101stAASLTDIV & @3rd_Infantry sent elements to Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, to beat back the VC. As the offensive, which began on Jan 30, 1968, stretched into Feb '68, Gen. Westmoreland, top military commander in Vietnam, called forward the 82nd

5 of 18: While we and the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) turned back the VC, Tet's strategic value was complicated. The units of this Corps - like all US troops - fought valiantly & with great humanity. This was a critical moment in this Corps' story.

6 of 18: There are so many layers to the story of Tet. You could read thousands of pages and still not get at the heart of what happened and what that event meant for the South, the North, and US support to the war.

7 of 18: So, where to start? Well, this is an excellent primer. Covers a lot of ground and sets the table, defining why the North attacked and what it meant beyond 1968. This book also does a remarkable job of debunking some of the misunderstood aspects of the ARVN's response.

8 of 18: Then there's this one, which covers how the American media response to Tet shaped the domestic understanding of the war from 1968 on. "Big Story" is a good one for Army media relations officers like @broadcastmike and @46alpha.

9 of 18: Peter Breastrup covered the war for the Washington Post. His book is a full accounting of the media coverage of the 82nd and 101st units, among other major units involved in the fighting.

10 of XVIII: This book, by Dr. Gregory Daddis (retired @USArmy Colonel) covers the impact Tet had on the final years of the war and American strategy.

11 of XVIII: This one, also by Dr. Daddis, is a higher-level view of US strategy. It's an excellent complement to "Withdrawal."

And yes, @GregoryDaddis, we tabbed up your book.

12 of XVIII: If you enjoy much tactical detail, we recommend @Erikhistorian's thorough study of NVA and VC operations and US and ARVN reactions from September 1967 to October 1968. About 150 pages on here focused on Tet, with some fantastic research and insight.

13 of 18: This book is an older one (1986), but James William Gibson has some thoughtful conclusions about Tet in the middle part. We recommend Chapter 6 in particular.

14 of 18: So, what did Tet mean for American support for the war? How did the country react to daily images of brutal fighting in South Vietnamese cities after LBJ and Westmoreland told the Nation the US was winning? That is best covered here. Two good ones.

15 of 18: And, what of the Vietnamese view of Tet? Le Ly Haslip was a teenager in a tiny village in central Vietnam in '68, and this book tells her story.

16 of 18: Some great images and stunning passages by Le Ly Haslip in this book.

17 of 18: No understanding of this action is complete without reading chapter 18 of Max Hastings' exhaustive book on Vietnam. Fully explains why the South did not rise against Nguyen Van Thieu, the ARVN, and the Americans in the wake of Tet as the North anticipated.

18 of XVIII: So, let's stop there because we want to see what is on your bookshelf. We're guessing @PatDonahoeArmy, @FieldGradeLDR, @jtw_ngc98, @pptsapper and many others have some cool books!