Mourning Headband for Hue : An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968 /

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"Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nhã 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 figh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Nhã Ca, 1939- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Dror, Olga (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Vietnamese
Publicado: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nhã Ca, > 1939-
Military campaigns.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Women.
HISTORY > Asia > Southeast Asia.
Têt, Offensive du, 1968.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Campagnes et batailles > Viêt-nam > Huê.
Tet Offensive, 1968.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Campaigns > Vietnam > Huế.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Personal narratives, Vietnamese.
Vietnam > Huế.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives > Vietnamese.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Vietnam, January, 1968. As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nhã 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"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (378 pages).
ISBN:9780253014320

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