Description: Title: Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam Author: Bowden, Mark Publisher: Grove Press Binding: Paperback Pages: 624 Dimensions: 9.10h x 6.10w x 2.20d Product Weight: 1.85 lbs. Language: English ISBN: 9780802127907 A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in History Winner of the 2018 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation Greene Award for a distinguished work of nonfiction. The first battle book from Mark Bowden since his #1 New York Times bestseller Black Hawk Down, Hue 1968, "an instantly recognizable classic of military history" (Christian Science Monitor), was published to massive critical acclaim and became a New York Times bestseller. In the early hours of January 31, 1968, the North Vietnamese launched over one hundred attacks across South Vietnam in what would become known as the Tet Offensive. The lynchpin of Tet was the capture of Hue, Vietnam's intellectual and cultural capital, by 10,000 National Liberation Front troops who descended from hidden camps and surged across the city of 140,000. Within hours the entire city was in their hands save for two small military outposts. American commanders refused to believe the size and scope of the Front's presence, ordering small companies of marines against thousands of entrenched enemy troops. After several futile and deadly days, Lieutenant Colonel Ernie Cheatham would finally come up with a strategy to retake the city in some of the most intense urban combat since World War II. With unprecedented access to war archives in the U.S. and Vietnam and inter-views with participants from both sides, Bowden narrates each stage of this crucial battle through multiple viewpoints. Played out over twenty-four days and ultimately costing 10,000 lives, the Battle of Hue was the bloodiest of the entire war. When it ended, the American debate was never again about winning, only about how to leave. Hue 1968 is a gripping and moving account of this pivotal moment.
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Book Title: Hue 1968 :A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
Number of Pages: 624 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
Item Height: 1.7 in
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: Military Science, Military / Vietnam War, Modern / 20th Century, Military / United States
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, History
Item Weight: 28.9 Oz
Author: Mark Bowden
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
