As the citizens of Hue are preparing to celebrate Tet, the start of the Lunar New Year, Nha Ca arrives in the city to attend her father''s funeral. Without warning, war erupts all around them, drastically changing or cutting short their lives. After a month of fighting, their beautiful city lies in ruins and thousands of people are dead. Mourning Headband for Hue tells the story of what happened during the fierce North Vietnamese offensive and is an unvarnished and riveting account of war as experienced by ordinary people caught up in the violence.
^ (2015). Mourning Headband for Hue: An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968BiggerBooks. ISBN 9780253014177 (revised Oct 2023)
^Mourning Headband For Hue: An Account Of The Battle For Hue, Vietnam 1968Indigo. ISBN 9780253014177 (revised Aug 2015)
^Nha CaMourning Headband for Hue: An Account of the Battle for Hue, Vietnam 1968, Indiana University Press. Amazon. ISBN 9780253014177 (revised Feb 2015)