{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Tet (Part One): The Battle of Hue","description":"In the early hours of January 31st, 1968, communist forces attacked more than a hundred cities and towns across South Vietnam at once. In Hue, the old imperial capital, they stayed for four weeks. When the city was retaken, mass graves held the bodies of at least 2,800 civilians.\n\nTime Period Covered: 1968\n\nWhat did the Tet Offensive achieve? How was the Battle of Hue waged? Why were almost 3,000 people murdered by the Viet Cong?\n\nThis episode covers the Tet Offensive of early 1968. Lachlan links the media coverage of the event, with the extreme scenes in Saigon, to the reality of the offensive and what the communists hoped to achieve. In Hue, perhaps the most stunning battle of the offensive took place, as for four weeks the city was occupied by the NVA and NLF. During this time, as a brutal campaign of house-to-house combat took place, the communists embarked upon a reign of terror to reshape the city they had taken.\n\nSources\n\nEdward Miller The Vietnam War: A Documentary Reader\nNha Ca Mourning Headband For Hue\nThe Vietnam War Geoffrey War and Ken Burns\nThe Vietnam War Mark Atwood Lawrence\nVietnam Max Hastings\nThe Viet-Cong Strategy of Terror Douglas Pike\nHue Mark Bowden","author_name":"In the Shadows of Utopia: The Khmer Rouge and the Cambodian Nightmare","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4966890-in-the-shadows-of-utopia-the-khmer-rouge-and-the-cambodian-nightmare","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43829370/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}