Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
- ISBN-10
- 0802127908
- ISBN-13
- 9780802127907
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 619
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2018-04-03
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Author
- Mark Bowden
Description
From "a master of narrative journalism" (New York Times Book Review), the bestselling history of the biggest and bloodiest battle of the Vietnam War
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- 2017-06-06
- 594 pages
- Ebook
- Atlantic Monthly Press
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