A decade ago, Mark Bowden's publisher suggested he write a book about the Vietnam War. "I'm not really a military writer," the journalist and author says, "and I didn't particularly want to be ...

Author Mark Bowden says the capture of Hue, Vietnam, was part of a wave of well-planned Communist attacks that shocked American commanders and... 'Hue 1968' Revisits An American 'Turning Point' In The ...

Retired Lt. Col. Tyrus Cobb briefed the membership of the local Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and guests about his experience as the senior adviser to the South Vietnamese Parachute ...

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, FX has landed rights to turn the Mark Bowden bestseller Hue 1968 into a limited event series that will span eight-10 hours. Michael Mann and Michael De Luca will ...

On Jan. 31, 1968, North Vietnamese soldiers shredded the yellow South Vietnamese flag at the Citadel in the ancient city of Hue. They raised a carefully designed new flag, with a yellow national star ...

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Mann and Michael De Luca have acquired rights to Hue 1968, and they will shape as an event eight- to 10-hour miniseries Mark Bowden’s kaleidoscopic account of the Tet Offensive that ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Atlantic Monthly Press "Hue 1968" by Mark Bowden The Vietnam War wasn’t all that unpopular in the United States until the long and agonizing stories and ...

On Jan. 30, 1968, Jim Bullington was exactly where he wanted to be, having dinner with good friends and his fiancee in the city of Hue, Vietnam. Except he was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Like his epochal best-seller “Black Hawk Down,” Mark Bowden’s “Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam” is the story of a battle. Like “Black Hawk Down,” it is smart, well-reported ...

This post is part two in a series. In part one, curator Frank Blazich introduced U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel James K. Redding, who served as an advisor to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) ...

HUE 1968: A TURNING POINT OF THE AMERICAN WAR IN VIETNAM By Mark Bowden Atlantic Monthly Press, $30, 608 pages A few years ago, I was lecturing my students on strategic surprise. I asked each of them ...