Ah, NO. I graduated with a history degree from the Citadel, and I was taught that Tet was a victory for the US.( I took that course in the 1980s.) I have also read that Tet was an American victory in history books and have seen it declared a victory in documentaries on the Vietnam War. Militarily, it was a victory. How the media spun it is something else. The books I have read on it all point out the massive losses that the VC suffered. They didn't seemed to be swayed by the media.Of course there is a concerted effort to distort history! Just one example is the Tet offensive in 1968. It is still thought of as a loss for the US and the South when it was one of the biggest victories in the war.
No, history is not entirely a whitewash from the beginning. It's not. There are credible sources like Tacitus, for example.
America is not Russia or China. Plenty of American history right honestly, even when it conflicts with the American government. You are ridiculous. Since America began there have been books published that were critical of the American government. And if governments do decide the history, why did the American government fail to do it during the Vietnam War?History is whitewashed all the time. It is written by whoever is in power at the time and for their benefit. It takes a few generations to shake out the trash if it ever does get removed. Then there is the injection of whoever is in power then.
And historians in other countries, even under brutal regimes, have still managed to record history correctly. You're being extreme. Is this what they taught you a SJW U?
You don't know what you are talking about.
How old are you?