![]() The bombing of Communist sanctuaries in Cambodia destabilized that neutral country, leading to the overthrow of Prince Norodom Sihanouk in 1970 and the rise of the murderous Khmer Rouge, which would be responsible for the deaths of millions of Cambodians in ensuing years. ![]() It was the biggest, bloodiest, and most pivitol single battle of the Vietnam War. This is what prompted the raids into the neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia, where North Vietnam had long sheltered troops and supply routes. The Battle of Hu was fought 50 years ago in Jan/Feb of 1968 as part of the Tet Offensive. General Abrams threw greater and greater responsibility for prosecuting the war to the ARVN, shifting his efforts to disrupting and destroying Hanoi’s delivery of troops and matériel. The North Vietnamese had different ideas. ![]() Yet General William Westmoreland, commander of American forces, announced a new phase of the war in which the end begins to come into view. Nixon began gradually drawing down the number of Americans fighting there in 1969, and- catastrophically, as it turned out- began shifting the Hue 1968 A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam By Mark Bowden Be the first to review this product Paperback Other Formats 49.50 Add to Cart Free delivery for orders over 60. Hue 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam by Mark Bowden By January 1968 the fighting in Vietnam seemed to be at a stalemate. “Richard Nixon was elected president mendaciously promising not victory, but a “secret plan” to bring the war to an “honorable end.” The secret plan prolonged the conflict seven more years, spreading misery and death throughout Indochina. ![]()
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