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  • Mourning Headband for Hue: An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968
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  • Nha Ca. Translated with an Introduction by Olga Dror
  • 2014
  • Published by: Indiana University Press
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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.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Summary, Frontispiece, Copyright, Epigraph
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  1. Contents
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Note on Translation
  2. pp. xi-xiv
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  1. Translator's Introduction
  2. pp. xv-1
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  1. Map of the Key Places Mentioned in the Book
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  1. List of Characters
  2. pp. 3-6
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  1. Small Preface: Writing to Take Responsibility
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  1. 1. First Hours
  2. pp. 11-30
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  1. 2. The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer
  2. pp. 31-62
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  1. 3. On a Boat Trip
  2. pp. 63-92
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  1. 4. Hodge-podge
  2. pp. 93-118
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  1. 5. A Person from Tù Ðàm Comes Back and Tells His Story
  2. pp. 119-156
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  1. 6. Going Back into the Hell of the Fighting
  2. pp. 157-192
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  1. 7. Story from the Citadel
  2. pp. 193-228
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  1. 8. Returning to the Old House
  2. pp. 229-256
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  1. 9. A Dog in Midstream
  2. pp. 257-292
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  1. 10. Little Child of Hue, Little Child of Vietnam, I Wish You Luck
  2. pp. 293-306
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  1. About the Author, Production Notes
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