Acceptable
Loss
by Kregg, P.J. Jorgenson
The true-to-life story of a Ranger who volunteered
to serve on a Blue Team in the Air Cavalry, racing to the aid of soldiers
facing the same dangers he himself had barely survived in the jungles of
Vietnam. Highly recommended
Achilles
in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character
Jonathan Shay
Shay works from an intriguing premise: that the study of the great Homeric
epic of war, The Iliad, can illuminate our understanding of Vietnam, and
vice versa. Along the way, he compares the battlefield experiences of men
like Agamemnon and Patroclus with those of frontline grunts, analyzes the
berserker rage that overcame Achilles and so many American soldiers alike,
and considers the ways in which societies ancient and modern have accounted
for and dealt with post-traumatic stress disorder---a malady only recently
recognized in the medical literature, but well attested in Homer's pages.
The novelist Tim O'Brien, who has written so affectingly about his experiences
in combat, calls Shay's book "one of the most original and most important
scholarly works to have emerged from the Vietnam war." He's right. Amazon.com
Highly recommended
Paperback (October 1995)
Touchstone Books; ISBN: 0684813211
An
American Requiem : God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us
by James Carroll
Houghton Mifflin Co
Paperback - 279 pages Reprint edition (April 1, 1997)
After
Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam
Ronald H. Spector
Paperback / Published 1994
After
the Storm : A Vietnam Veteran's Reflections (Hellgate Memories Series)
by Paul Drew
(Paperback - May 1999)
Absolution: Charlie Company 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry
by Charles J. Boyle, Charles T. Boyle, Pia S. Seagrave (Editor)
Hardcover - 378 pages 1st edition (October 1, 1999)
Sergeant Kirkland's Press; ISBN: 1887901302
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Allies & Mates: An American Soldier With the Australians and
New Zealanders in Vietnam 1966-67
Gordon L. Steinbrook
Listed under Australia at War
America
in Vietnam: A Documentary History
William Appleman Williams, et al
Paperback Rei edition (June 1989)
W.W. Norton & Company; ISBN: 0393305554
America's
Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975
George Herring
Widely recognized as a major contribution to the study of American
involvement in Vietnam, this comprehensive and balanced account analyzes
the ultimate failure of the war, and the impact of the war on US foreign
policy. The book seeks to place American involvement in Vietnam in historical
perspective and to offer answers to vital questions. Amazon.com
Paperback 3rd edition (February 1996)
McGraw Hill Text; ISBN: 0070283931
America's
War in Vietnam : A Short Narrative History
by Larry H. Addington
Paperback - 224 pages (April 2000)
Indiana Univ Pr; ISBN: 0253213606
Anatomy
of a War : Vietnam, the United States, and the Modern Historical Experience
Gabriel Kolko
Paperback Reprint edition (October 1994)
New Press; ISBN: 1565842189
Angels
In Red Hats: Paratroopers of the Second Indochina War
by William Strode (Editor), et al
Vietnamese Paratrooper and U.S. Airborne Advisors
(Hardcover)
Assault
on Dak Pek : A Special Forces A-Team in Combat, 1970
by Leigh Wade
Paperback - 273 pages 1 Ed edition (October 1998)
Ivy Books; ISBN: 0804118361
Bac
Si: A Doctor Remembers Vietnam
Peter Caldwell
Paperback / Published 1991
A vivid human portrait of Vietnam from the special perspective of a
Navy doctor serving with the Marines.
The
Battle for Hue: Tet 1968
Keith William Nolan
Paperback / Published 1996
The
Best and the Brightest
by David Halberstam
This was a NYT #1 bestseller.
Paperback 20th Anv edition (November 1993)
Fawcett Books; ISBN: 0449908704
A
Better War : The Unexamined Victories and the Final Tragedy of America's
Last Years in Vietnam
by Lewis Sorley
Hardcover - 528 pages (July 1999)
Harcourt Brace; ISBN: 0151002665
Blackjack-34
by James C. Donahue
An elite unit armed to the teeth, the Mobile Guerrilla Force
was America's only real guerrilla force in Vietnam. These men operated
for weeks at a time--springing ambushes, destroying base camps, and gathering
vital intelligence--in steamy, triple-canopied jungles ruled by the
VC and NVA. Amazon.com
Paperback (April 4, 2000)
Ballantine Books; ISBN: 0804117659
Blood
on the Risers - An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-Five Months in Vietnam
John Leppleman
From Dak To to the Tet Offensive, John Leppelman saw it all. In three
tours of duty, he made combat jumps, spent months of fruitless effort looking
for the enemy, watched as his buddies died because of lousy leadership
and lousy weapons. He saw the war as few others did, and lives to tell
about the valor and sacrifice that outlived the dead.
Paperback / Published 1991
The
Blood Road : The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War
by John Prados
Hardcover - 448 pages (October 1998)
John Wiley & Sons; ISBN: 0471254657
Bonnie-Sue : A Marine Corps Helicopter Squadron in Vietnam
by Marion F. Sturkey
Listed under Air War Vietnam
Born
on the Fourth of July
Ron Kovic
Paperback / Published 1996
Exceedingly honest, personal account of one young man's experience
fighting in the Vietnam War. Ingram.
The
Bridge at Dong Ha
by John Grider Miller, James B. Stockdale
Marine Captain John Ripley's destruction of a bridge during the North
Vietnamese "Easter Offensive" of 1972.
Paperback Reprint edition (October 1996)
United States Naval Inst.; ISBN: 155750587X
A
Bright Shining Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
by Neil Sheehan
This passionate, epic account of the Vietnam War centers on Lt. Col.
John Paul Vann, whose story illuminates America's failures and disillusionment
in Southeast Asia. Vann was a field adviser to the army when American involvement
was just beginning. He quickly became appalled at the corruption of the
South Vietnamese regime, their incompetence in fighting the Communists,
and their brutal alienation of their own people. Finding his superiors
too blinded by political lies to understand that the war was being thrown
away, he secretly briefed reporters on what was really happening. One of
those reporters was Neil Sheehan. This definitive expose on why America
lost the war won the Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction
in 1989.
Paperback - 861 pages (September 1989)
Vintage Books; ISBN: 0679724141
Busted:
A Vietnam Veteran in Nixon's America
W. D. Ehrhart, H. Bruce Franklin
Hardcover / Published 1995
Cap
Mot: Marine Special Forces Unit in Vietnam, 1968-1969
Barry L. Goodson
Hardcover / Published 1997
Captain Hook: A Pilot's Tragedy and Triumph in the Vietnam War
Wynn F. Foster, James B. Stockdale
Listed under Air War Vietnam
Charlie
Rangers
by Don Ericson (Contributor), John L. Rotundo
For eighteen months, John L. Rotundo and Don Ericson braved the test
of war at its most bloody and most raw, specializing in ambushing the enemy
and fighting jungle guerillas using their own tactics. From the undiluted
high of a "contact" with the enemy to the anguished mourning of a fallen
comrade, they experienced nearly every emotion known to man--most of all,
the power and the pride of being the finest on America's front lines.
The
Publisher
Paperback Reissue edition (March 1995)
Ivy Books; ISBN: 0804102880 |
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Chickenhawk
by Robert C. Mason
Listed under Air War Vietnam
Clashes: Air Combat over North Vietnam 1965-1972
Marshall L. III Michel
Listed under Air War Vietnam
Cleared Hot! : A Marine Combat Pilot's Vietnam Diary
by Bob Stoffey
Listed under Air War Vietnam
The
Coast Guard at War: Vietnam, 1965-1975
Alex Larzelere, Brent Scowcroft
Hardcover / Published 1997
Codename
Mule : Fighting the Secret War in Laos for the CIA
(Naval Institute Special Warfare Series)
James E., Jr. Parker
Hardcover / Published 1995
Company
Commander: Vietnam
James L. Estep
Paperback / Published 1997
Dear
Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam
Joseph T. Ward
Paperback / Published 1991
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Death
in the a Shau Valley : L Company LRRPs in Vietnam, 1969-70
by Larry Chambers
"The enemy had a single purpose: kill me and my teammates." Larry Chambers
was still new to Vietnam in early 1969 when the LRRPs of the 101st Airborne
Division became L Company, 75th (Rangers). But his unit's mission stayed
the same: act as the eyes and ears of the 101st deep in the dreaded A Shau
Valley--where the NVA ruled. Relentless thick fog frequently made fighter
bombers useless in the A Shau, and the enemy had furnished the nearby mountaintops
with antiaircraft machine guns to protect the massive trail network that
snaked through it. So, outgunned, outmanned, and unsupported, the teams
of L Company executed hundreds of courageous missions. Now, in this powerful
personal record, Larry Chambers recaptures the experience of the war's
most brutal on-the-job training, where the slightest noise or smallest
error could bring sudden--and certain--death. . . . Amazon.com
Paperback 1 Ed edition (November 1998)
Ivy Books; ISBN: 0804115753
Death in the Delta: Diary of a Navy Seal
Gary R. Smith, Alan Maki
Listed under Navy Seals
Dien
Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot
Howard R. Simpson, Stanley Karnow
Paperback / Published 1996
Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War
by James F. Dunnigan, Albert A. Nofi
Listed under Espionage
Dispatches
by Michael Herr
Vintage Books
Paperback - 260 pages Reprint edition (August 1991)
The
Easter Offensive: Vietnam, 1972
G. H. Turley, James Webb
Paperback / Published 1995
The Element of Surprise: Navy Seals in Vietnam
Darryl Young
Listed under Navy Seals
Encyclopedia
of the Vietnam War
Stanley I. Kutler (Editor)
The Vietnam War was America's longest conflict, outlasting U.S. participation
in the two world wars and the Korean War combined. This authoritative book
separates the facts of the war from the polemics that engulfed them, and
takes a fascinating look at the people, places, events, and ideas--both
on the battlefield and the home front--of this confusing and contentious
period. 564 articles. 13 maps. 210 illustrations.
Hardcover - 711 pages (Dec 1996)
Charles Scribners Sons/Reference; ISBN: 0132769328
Encyclopedia
of the Vietnam War : A Political, Social, and Military History, 3 Vol.
Set
by Spencer C. Tucker (Editor)
Hardcover - 1196 pages (September 1998)
Abc-Clio; ISBN: 0874369835
Everything
We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by American Soldiers Who Fought
It
Albert Santoli
Paperback / Published 1988
Fields
of Fire (Bluejacket Books)
by James H. Webb
Paperback: 360 pages
Naval Institute Press;
ISBN: 1557509638; (May 22, 2000)
Firebirds
Chuck Carlock
Listed under Air War Vietnam
Father, Soldier, Son: Memoir of a Platoon Leader in Vietnam
Nathaniel Tripp
Listed Here
15
Months With SOG : A Warrior's Tour
by Thom Nicholson
Paperback 1 Ed edition (August 1999)
Ivy Books; ISBN: 0804118728
First
Recon-Second to None : A Marine Reconnaissance Battalion 1967-1968
Paul Young
Paperback / Published 1992
Five Years to Freedom
James N. Rowe
Listed under Vietnam POWs
Fortunate
Son : The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr
Lewis B. Jr Puller
Son of the famous World War II Marine commander "Chesty" Puller, Lewis
Puller proudly followed in his father's footsteps. It was his misfortune,
though, to serve in Vietnam in a war that brought not honor but contempt,
and exacted a brutal personal price: Puller lost both legs, one hand, and
most of his buttocks and stomach. Years later he was functional enough
to run for Congress, bitterly denouncing the war. He lost, became an alcoholic,
and almost died again. Then he climbed out of that circle of Hell to write
this searingly graphic autobiography, which won a
Pulitzer Prize in 1992. One last poignant postscript: three years
after the enormous success of this book, the author killed himself. Amazon.com
Paperback Reissue edition (July 1996)
Bantam Books; ISBN: 055356076X
Force
Recon Command: 3d Force Recon Company in Vietnam, 1969-70
Alex Lee
Paperback / Published 1996
Force
Recon Diary, 1969
B. H. Norton
Paperback / Published 1991
Force
Recon Diary, 1970
Bruce H. Norton
Paperback / Published 1992
Four
Hours in My Lai
Michael Bilton, Kevin Sim
On March 16, 1968, a battle-scarred U.S. fighting unit entered the
Vietnamese hamlet of My Lai.There, a group of soldiers murdered 500 unarmed
women, children and old men. Simply and courageously, Four Hours in My
Lai tells the truth about what happened--a story that should never be forgotten.
Companion to the Emmy Award-winning documentary Four Hours to My Lai. The
Publisher
Paperback / Published 1993
The
Forgotten Hero of My Lai : The Hugh Thompson Story
by Trent Angers
... Seeing Charlie Company driving children to the killing ditch, Thompson
landed in front of troops, trained his machine guns on them, and rescued
the children. In a supreme irony, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying
Cross: his sound judgment "had greatly enhanced Vietnamese-American relations
in the operational area." Thompson threw the decoration away. Kirkus
Reviews
Hardcover - 248 pages 1999 edition (August 1999)
Acadian House Pub; ISBN: 0925417335
General
Issue Blues, Viet Nam to Here: A Warrior's Tour
by Sonny Gratzer
The
Ghosts of the Highlands : 1st Cav LRRPs in Vietnam, 1966-67
by Kregg P. J. Jorgenson
Paperback 1 Ed edition (January 1999)
Ivy Books; ISBN: 0804115974
Glory
Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War
by Tom Philpott, John McCain (Foreword)
W.W. Norton & Company
Hardcover - 480 pages (May 2001)
Good Morning Vietnam
Robin Williams / VHS Tape
Listed under Vietnam War
Movies
Good to Go - The Life and Times of a Decorated Member of Seal Team
Two
Harry Constance, Randall Fuerst
Listed under Navy Seals
Hamburger
Hill
by Samuel Zaffiri
Paperback - 328 pages (January 15, 2000)
Presidio Pr; ISBN: 0891417060
Historical
Atlas of the Vietnam War
Harry G. Summers, Stanley Karnov
Book Description: With more than one hundred four-color maps
supplemented by photographs and reconstructions, the Historical Atlas of
the Vietnam War provides the first major visualization of that war as well
as a penetrating and comprehensive analysis of the conflict based on both
U.S. and Vietnamese postwar accounts.
Hardcover / Published 1996 |
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Home Before Morning : The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
by Lynda Van Devanter
Listed under Women at War
Honor
and Sacrifice : The Montagnards of Ba Cat Vietnam (Hellgate Memories Series.)
by Anthony J. Blondell
Hardcover - 225 pages 1 Ed edition (December 1, 2000)
Hellgate Pr; ISBN: 1555715338
If
I Die in a Combat Zone : Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
by Tim O'Brien
Over time, Tim O'Brien has used both art and artifice to shape his
fictional accounts of Vietnam. Award-winning novels such as Going After
Cacciato and The Things They Carried offer up a surreal view of the war:
a soldier who decides to walk to Paris, leaving only a trail of M&M's
in his wake; a young man who imports his high-school girlfriend to his
base camp high in the jungled mountains, only to lose her to a shadowy
squad of Special Forces Green Berets and to "that mix of unnamed terror
and unnamed pleasure" that was Vietnam. O'Brien's first account of the
war, however, was written in the raw, unfiltered months following his return
from Southeast Asia in 1969. If I Die in a Combat Zone has all of the eloquence
and attention to language and detail that are a mark of the author's work;
what is different about it is its straightforward, unembellished depiction
of his personal experience of hell.
"When you are ordered to march through areas such as Pinkville--GI slang
for Song My, parent village of My Lai ... you do some thinking. You hallucinate.
You look ahead a few paces and wonder what your legs will resemble if there
is more to the earth in that spot than silicates and nitrogen. Will the
pain be unbearable? Will you scream or fall silent? Will you be afraid
to look at your own body, afraid of the sight of your own red flesh and
white bone? You wonder if the medic remembered his morphine."
O'Brien paints an unvarnished portrait of the infantry soldier's life
that is at once mundane and terrifying--the endless days of patrolling
punctuated by firefights that end as suddenly and inconclusively as they
begin; the mind-numbing brutality of burned villages and trampled rice
paddies; the terror of tunnels, minefields, and the ever-present threat
of death. Powerful as these scenes are, perhaps the most memorable chapter
in the book concerns his decision to desert just a few weeks before he
was sent to Vietnam. "The AWOL bag was ready to go, but I wasn't.... I
burned the letters to my family. I read the others and burned them, too.
It was over. I simply couldn't bring myself to flee. Family, the home town,
friends, history, tradition, fear, confusion, exile: I could not run."
Tim O'Brien went into the war opposing it and came out knowing exactly
why. If I Die in a Combat Zone is more than just a memoir of a disastrous
war; it is also a meditation on heroism and cowardice, on the mutability
of truth and morality in a war zone and, most of all, on the simple, human
capacity to endure the unendurable. --Alix Wilber - Amazon.com
Paperback: 208 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.64 x
7.99 x 5.25
Publisher: Broadway Books; Reprint edition (August 31,
1999)
ISBN: 0767904435
Immigrant
Soldier : From the Baltics to Vietnam (Hellgate Memories : Vietnam)
by Vick Pakis
(Paperback - April 2000)
A
Hundred Miles of Bad Road - An Armored Cavalryman in Vietnam, 1967-68
Dwight W. Birdwell, Keith William Nolan
Hardcover / Published 1997
Usually ships promptly.
Hunters & Shooters - An Oral History of the US Navy Seals in
Vietnam
Bill Fawcett (Editor)
Listed under Navy Seals
Inside
the LRRPs : Rangers in Vietnam
Michael Lee Lanning
Paperback / Published 1988
Usually ships promptly.
Inside
the VC and the NVA : The Real Story of North Vietnam's Armed Force
by Michael Lee Lanning, Dan Cragg
Usually ships promptly.
Paperback Reprint edition (January 1994)
Ivy Books; ISBN: 0804105006
In
Retrospect : The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara, et al
The #1 national bestseller--an indispensable document for anyone interested
in the Vietnam War. McNamara's controversial book tells the inside and
personal story of America's descent into Vietnam from a unique point of
view, and is one of the most enlightening books about government ever written.
This new edition features a new Foreword by McNamara.
Paperback / Published 1996
Usually ships promptly.
Inside
Force Recon: Recon Marines in Vietnam
Michael Lee Lanning, Ray William Stubbe
Paperback / Published 1989
Usually ships promptly.
Khe
Sanh : Siege in the Clouds : An Oral History
by Eric M. Hammel
Usually ships promptly.
Hardcover - 514 pages (March 2000)
Pacifica Pr; ISBN: 0935553304
The
Killing Zone : My Life in the Vietnam War
Frederick Downs
Paperback / Published 1993
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