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Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam

Mark Bowden

Interviews with participants from both sides of the conflict and materials from Vietnamese and American archives provide multiple points of view on each stage of the Battle of Hue.

War & MilitaryWar & Military · medium confidenceWar & Military81 signalsLlm Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryKeyword Classifier: American History -> American HistoryKeyword Classifier: War & Military -> War & MilitaryVietnam WarSoldiers, Veterans & Combat ExperienceAmerican Civil War

Award History

0 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionMajor2018LonglistOfficial source
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History2017FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    • Hue82%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 76%.