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The bloody, monthlong battle for the Citadel in Hue pitted U.S. Marines against an entrenched, numerically superior North Vietnamese army force. By official U.S. accounts it was a tactical and moral victory for the Marines and the United States. But a survivor's compulsion to square official accounts with his contrasting experience has produced an entirely different perspective of the battle, the most controversial to emerge from the Vietnam War in decades.
In some of the most frank, vivid prose to come out of the war, author Nicholas Warr describes with urgency and outrage the Marines' savage house-to-house fighting, ordered without air, naval, or artillery support by officers with no experience in this type of deadly combat. Sparing few in the telling, including himself, Warr's shocking firsthand narrative of these desperate suicide charges - which devastated whole companies - takes the wraps off an incident that many would prefer to keep hidden.
His account is sure to ignite heated debate among historians and military professionals.
Despite senseless rules of engagement and unspeakable carnage, there were unforgettable acts of courage and self-sacrifice performed by ordinary men asked to accomplish the impossible, and Warr is at his best relating these stories. For example, there's the grenade-throwing mortarman who, in a rage, wipes out two machine-gun emplacements that had pinned down an entire company for days.
And the fortunate grunt with thick glasses who stumbles blindly - without receiving a scratch - across a street littered with the dead and dying who hadn't made it. Nicholas Warr's riveting account of the most vicious urban combat since World War II offers an unparalleled view of how a small unit commander copes with the conflicting demands and responsibilities thrust upon him by the enemy, his men, and the chain of command.
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Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Hue, Battle of, Hué̂, Vietnam, 1968, United States. Marine Corps, Tet Offensive, 1968, United States, Personal narratives, American, American Personal narratives, History, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, United states, marine corps, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, personal narratives, Hue, Battle of, Huế, Vietnam, 1968Showing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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Phase Line Green: The Battle for Hue 1968
2013, Naval Institute Press
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Phase Line Green
November 28, 1998, Ballantine Books
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0804118698 9780804118699
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Phase line green: the battle for Hue, 1968
1997, Naval Institute Press
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Phase Line Green: The Battle for Hue, 1968
March 1, 1995, Ballantine Books
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0345465156 9780345465153
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Includes bibliograhical references (p. xxii-xxv) and index.
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