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Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

Mark Bowden

How did one surprise attack on the city of Hue in nineteen sixty eight convince Americans the war could not be won quickly, and shake their trust in their leaders?

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Author
Mark Bowden

Why read it

  • You will see how a commander's refusal to face facts can cost the lives of the soldiers sent to fight
  • You will understand why one battle ended the belief that the war could be won quickly
  • You will learn to weigh a confident official line against what analysts and people on the ground report

Who it is for

  • A manager deciding whether to trust cheerful reports from above
  • Someone puzzled by why American trust in leaders broke down
  • A leader who must send people into danger on incomplete information

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. PART ONE: The Infiltration
  3. 1: The Huong River Squad
  4. 2: Thirty-Nine Days
  5. 3: Spizzerinctum
  6. 4: The Royal Capital
  7. 5: Moonshine and Half-Hatched Ducks
  8. 6: Nhan Dan
  9. 7: Andy and Mimi
  10. 8: Bahn Chung and Gio Cha
  11. 9: Palace Soldiers
  12. 10: Hatred in Blood
  13. 11: A Pretty Night
  14. PART TWO: The Fall of Hue
  15. 1: Fireworks
  16. 2: The Compound
  17. 3: The Mighty Python
  18. 4: An Afternoon of Street Fighting
  19. 5: An Idiotic Mission
  20. PART THREE: Futility and Denial
  21. 1: IR8 Rice
  22. 2: As Numerous as Ants
  23. 3: So You Want to Go to Vietnam?
  24. 4: Consternation Had Been Achieved
  25. 5: Snuffies and the Most Macho Women in the World
  26. 6: The Chariot Is Coming
  27. PART FOUR: Counterattack in the Triangle and Disaster at La Chu
  28. 1: Pluses and Minuses
  29. 2: TFP
  30. 3: Big Ernie
  31. 4: I Love Zees Fucking Marines
  32. 5: The Breakout
  33. 6: Holding On to the Enemy's Belt
  34. 7: Jeanne d'Arc School
  35. 8: Look at Your Sorry Ass!
  36. 9: The Dismal Strand of Acheron
  37. PART FIVE: Sweeping the Triangle
  38. 1: Flags of Surrender, Flags of Fright
  39. 2: Something Is Wrong Over There
  40. 3: The Sweep
  41. 4: Staying
  42. 5: Vaught
  43. 6: Fuck Him, He's for the Other Side
  44. 7: Hell Sucks
  45. 8: The High Weirdness
  46. 9: Like Men Who Fell Out of the Sky
  47. 10: War is Hell
  48. PART SIX: Taking Back the Citadel
  49. 1: Clusterfucked
  50. 2: We Do Not Doubt the Outcome
  51. 3: Random Agents of Doom
  52. 4: The First Annual Hue City Turkey Shoot
  53. 5: The Tower
  54. 6: Lefty
  55. 7: Why Are You Guys Doing This?
  56. 8: There It Is
  57. 9: La Chu
  58. 10: Checkmate
  59. 11: The Toll
  60. 12: Why Should They Keep Fighting?

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