Hue, South Vietnam, February 1968: A U.S. Marine holds out his M-16 rifle to pull a wounded comrade to safety during the battle for the city of Hue. More than 200 Americans were killed and 1,500 ...

First published in 1969, this searing eyewitness account of the fighting in the Vietnamese city of Hue during the 1968 Tet Offensive is republished here in a new translation with a long introduction ...

(First of all, do we have a perpetual book recommendation thread? I did a search & couldn't find one, but maybe my search-fu is lacking) I've just finished the Kindle version of Mark Bowden's Hue 1968 ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Given the choice between writing an intimate and riveting narrative or a more guarded, academic, high-level analysis, Bowden opts for the former. That is no mistake, ...

Hue, South Vietnam, February 1968: A wounded Marine lies bleeding in a vacant villa as a fellow Marine, also wounded, tries to tend to his wounds. Several Marines from D Company, 1st Battalion, 5th ...

Author Mark Bowden says the capture of Hue, Vietnam, was part of a wave of well-planned Communist attacks that helped turn U.S. public opinion... 'Hue 1968' Revisits An American 'Turning Point' In The ...