Phase line green: the battle for Hue, 1968

And the fortunate grunt with thick glasses who stumbles blindly - without receiving a scratch - across a street littered with the dead and dying who hadn't made it. Nicholas Warr's riveting account of the most vicious urban combat since World War II offers an unparalleled view of how a small unit commander copes with the conflicting demands and responsibilities thrust upon him by the enemy, his men, and the chain of command.

  • OCLC #: 35741948
  • ISBN #:
    • 1557509115
    • 9781557509116
  • Call #: DS557.8.H83W37 1997
  • Physical Location: Pritzker Military Museum & Library — Main Shelves — DS557.8.H83 W37 1997
  • Personal Collection:
    • Lt. Col. Robert C. Peithman, USMCR Collection.
  • Publisher: Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, ©1997.
  • Physical Description: xxv, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Contents:
    • A conversation with a dead dog
    • The longest night
    • Lang Co Village: in the eye of the storm
    • Phu bai: mess hall chow
    • Wading through deep shit
    • The citadel
    • Whiskey boats on the perfume river
    • The backdoor approach
    • Phase line green
    • Coping with disaster: a dead dog day afternoon
    • LIfe is renewed in the city of death
    • The return of heavy firepower
    • Snipers' lair
    • The night movement
    • Coke-bottle glasses
    • Prisoner of war
    • The effectiveness of chemical warfare
    • Aftermath, and a dying pig.