Mark Bowden’s Hue 1968 contains much that is timeless ... In the book’s epilogue, Bowden writes, “the battle of Hue and the entire Vietnam War seem a tragic and meaningless waste. . . . As ...
The Vietnam War was not the United ... held public hearings about the war and voiced his own opposition to the conflict. In January 1968, during the Vietnamese New Year, Tet, the North Vietnamese ...
To the world, he was an Army Green Beret legend who was shot and wounded 37 times in a 1968 Vietnam War battle where he saved the lives of at least eight soldiers. He was so close to death he was ...
The presidential election of 1968 was one of the most chaotic in ... But growing opposition to the war in Vietnam, unrest on college campuses, and urban rioting, made him vulnerable.
Allison breaks down battle tactics ... and "The Green Berets" (1968), starring John Wayne. Additionally, he discusses the tragedies and aftermath of the Vietnam War, connecting the Mỹ Lai ...