Joseph A. McChristian

Joseph A. McChristian was a US Army Brigadier General and the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (J2, MACV) (then commanded by General William Westmoreland) from July 13, 1965 to June 1, 1967.^[1] From August 5, 1968 to his retirement on April 30, 1971, he served, in the rank of Major General, as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Headquarters, Department of the Army.

As J2, MACV, he predicted that the North Vietnamese would attack in full force, which they did during the Tet offensive of 1968. His prediction was unpopular because the official policy was that the war was being won by the US and South Vietnamese forces.

General McChristian is a member of the Military Intelligence Hall of Fame.

Notes

^ Major General Joseph A. McChristian, The Role of Military Intelligence 1965-1967 (Vietnam Studies), Department of the Army, Washington DC, 1974 (Library of Congress Catalogue Card number 74-600003)

References

Major General Joseph A. McChristian, The Role of Military Intelligence 1965-1967 (Vietnam Studies), Department of the Army, Washington DC, 1974 (Library of Congress Catalogue Card number 74-600003)

Jake Blood, The Tet Effect: Intelligence and the Public Perception of War (Cass Military Studies) Routledge 2005. ISBN 0415349974

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