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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="book-review" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">The Russian Journal of Vietnamese Studies</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вьетнамские исследования</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="electronic">2618-9453</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Institute of China and Contemporary Asia of the RAS</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">84294</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24411/2618-9453-2018-10042</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Articles</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Статьи</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject></subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The truth about the Vietnam War. Review on the book of M. Bowden “Hue 68. A turning point of the American war in Vietnam</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Правда о вьетнамской войне. Рецензия на книгу М. Боудена «Хюэ 1968. Поворотный пункт американской войны во Вьетнаме»</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Lokshin</surname><given-names>Grigory M.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Локшин</surname><given-names>Григорий Михайлович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD (Hist.), Leading researcher, Center of Vietnam and ASEAN Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>к.и.н., ведущий научный сотрудник Центра изучения Вьетнама и АСЕАН ИДВ РАН</p></bio><email>gloksin@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">ИДВ РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2018-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>2</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">NO4 (2018)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">№4 (2018)</issue-title><fpage>107</fpage><lpage>115</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-10-31"><day>31</day><month>10</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2018, Lokshin G.M.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2018, Локшин Г.М.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2018</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Lokshin G.M.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Локшин Г.М.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/84294">https://vietnamjournal.ru/2618-9453/article/view/84294</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The author examines the book of a veteran of the American military journalism Mark Bowden, based on a large number of archival documents and eyewitness of the Tet offensive of 1968. It is noted that M. Bowden acknowledges that the Vietnamese’s desire to protect their independence was crucial in the political success of the offensive, while the Americans did not have such a strong motivation. The author agrees with M. Bowden's assessment of the mediocre decisions of the American command and the falsity of the American media, but argues with attempts to equate the actions of the NLF and the VNA with the actions of the American troops.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Автор рассматривает книгу ветерана американской военной журналистики Марка Боудена, основанную на большом количестве архивных документов и свидетельств очевидцев Тэтского наступления 1968 г. Отмечается, что М.Боуден признает, что решающее значение в политическом успехе наступления имело стремление вьетнамцев к защите своей независимости, в то время как у американцев не было такой сильной мотивации. Автор соглашается с оценкой М.Боуденом бездарных решений американского командования и лживости американских СМИ, но полемизирует с попытками приравнять действия НФОЮВ и ВНА с действиями американских войск.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>USA</kwd><kwd>NFLSV</kwd><kwd>Tet offensive of 1968</kwd><kwd>American press</kwd><kwd>American command</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>США</kwd><kwd>НФОЮВ</kwd><kwd>Тэтское наступление 1968 г</kwd><kwd>американская пресса</kwd><kwd>американское командование</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>http://www.VOA, 27.02.2018</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>John Baxter. Associated Press, May 27, 2018 - http://www.AP.com.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>Полная академическая история Вьетнама. Т. IV. М., 2014. С 248.</mixed-citation></ref></ref-list></back></article>
