The Siege at Hue
$80.74
- Paperback
198 pages
- Release Date
30 May 2021
Summary
Charged with monitoring the huge civilian press corps that descended on Hue during the Vietnam War’s Tet offensive, US Army Captain George W. Smith witnessed firsthand a vicious twenty-five day battle. Smith recounts in harrowing detail the separate, poorly coordinated wars that were fought in the retaking of the Hue. Notably, he documents the little-known contributions of the South Vietnamese forces, who prevented the Citadel portion of the city from being overrun, and who then assisted the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781626379749 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1626379742 |
| Author: | George W. Smith |
| Publisher: | Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc |
| Imprint: | Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 198 |
| Release Date: | 30 May 2021 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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Critics Review
Military history buffs will have a heyday with this account of the longest continuous battle in the Vietnam War…. Smith, who was stationed in Hue during the battle, provides an intensely realistic description of the horror of warfare and hand-to-hand combat.
A riveting, first-person account of the pivotal 25-day 1968 Battle of Hue. Smith has put together a harrowing eyewitness account of the largest single engagement of the Vietnam War…. [It is] a disturbing and informative book that would be a welcome addition to any military library. Smith provides a sense of intimate knowledge as he outlines the desperate nature of the urban combat. His inclusion of South Vietnamese units and the description of the role played stands out in the reporting of the war.
About The Author
George W. Smith
George W. Smith (1940-2017), a veteran of the Vietnam War, was a sports writer at the Hartford Courant for twenty-five years, until his retirement in 1995. He is author of Carlson’s Raid: The Daring Assault on Makin (a Military History Book-of-the-Month Club selection) and Do-or-Die Men: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion at Guadalcanal.
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