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- Mourning Headband for Hue: An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968
- Book
- 2014
- Published by: Indiana University Press
summary
Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nha Ca arrives in the city to attend her father's funeral. Without warning, war erupts all around them, drastically changing or cutting short their lives. After a month of fighting, their beautiful city lies in ruins and thousands of people are dead. Mourning Headband for Hue tells the story of what happened during the fierce North Vietnamese offensive and is an unvarnished and riveting account of war as experienced by ordinary people caught up in the violence.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-x
- Note on Translation
- pp. xi-xiv
- Translator's Introduction
- pp. xv-1
- List of Characters
- pp. 3-6
- 1. First Hours
- pp. 11-30
- 3. On a Boat Trip
- pp. 63-92
- 4. Hodge-podge
- pp. 93-118
- 6. Going Back into the Hell of the Fighting
- pp. 157-192
- 7. Story from the Citadel
- pp. 193-228
- 8. Returning to the Old House
- pp. 229-256
- 9. A Dog in Midstream
- pp. 257-292
- About the Author, Production Notes
- pp. 307-309
Additional Information
ISBN
9780253014320
Related ISBN(s)
9780253014177, 9780253021649
MARC Record
OCLC
890531172
Pages
378
Launched on MUSE
2014-10-31
Language
English
Open Access
No