Vietnam War Books
Top 10 Vietnam War Books
: We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam, Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam, Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills, About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior, The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam, Born on the Fourth of July, Once Upon a Distant War: David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett--Young War Correspondents and Their Early Vietnam Battles, We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War, The Art Book, Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young.
In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command...
| Author | Nick Turse |
| ISBN | 0805086919 |
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated incidents in the Vietnam War, carried out by just a few "bad apples." But as award-winning journalist and historian Nick Turse demonstrates in this groundbreaking investigation, violence against Vietnamese...
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills
| Author | Charles Henderson |
| ISBN | 0425181650 |
This is an incredibly whitewashed, essentially jingoistic quasi-novel rather than a genuine biography. In the preface, the author freely admits that he ”took the liberty of inventing dialogue for Hathcock’s North Vietnamese and Viet Cong opponents.” He also invents their thoughts, and,...
About Face: Odyssey Of An American Warrior
| Author | David H. Hackworth |
| ISBN | 0671526928 |
Called “everything a twentieth century war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this national bestseller by Colonel David H. Hackworth presents a vivid and powerful portrait of a life of patriotism.
From age fifteen to forty David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and...
The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu and the French Defeat in Vietnam
| Author | Martin Windrow |
| ISBN | 0306814439 |
In December 1953 French paratroopers, who had been searching for the elusive Vietnamese army, were quickly isolated by them and forced to retreat into their out-gunned and desolate jungle base-a small place called Dien Bien Phu. The Vietnamese besieged the French base for five long and desperate...
Born on the Fourth of July
| Author | Ron Kovic |
| ISBN | 1888451785 |
“A great, courageous fellow, a man of deep moral convictions and an uncompromising disposition.”—John Kerry on Ron Kovic
“As relevant as ever, this book is an education. Ron is a true American, and his great heart and hard-won wisdom shine through these pages.” —Oliver Stone,...
Once Upon a Distant War: David Halberstam, Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett--Young War Correspondents and Their Early Vietnam Battles
| Author | William Prochnau |
| ISBN | 0679772650 |
Once Upon a Distance War tells the stories of such young Vietnam war correspondents as Neil Sheehan, Peter Arnett, and David Halberstam, providing a riveting chronicle of high adventure and brutal slapstick, gallantry and cynicism, as well as a vital addition to the history they shaped. "Prochnau...
We Gotta Get Out of This Place: The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War
| Author | Craig Werner |
| ISBN | 1625341628 |
For a Kentucky rifleman who spent his tour trudging through Vietnam’s Central Highlands, it was Nancy Sinatra’s “These Boots Are Made for Walkin’.” For a “tunnel rat” who blew smoke into the Viet Cong’s underground tunnels, it was Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze.” For a black...
| Author | Phaidon Press |
| ISBN | 0714836257 |
An A to Z guide to 500 great painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times, it debunks art historical classifications by throwing together brilliant examples of all periods, schools, visions and techniques. Each artist is represented by a full-page colour plate of a definitive work, accompanied...
Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam
| Author | Joseph T. Ward |
| ISBN | 0804108536 |
In Vietnam's jungle war, only one group of men was feared more than death itself--the Marine Scout Snipers. . . .
The U.S. Marine Scout Snipers were among the most highly trained soldiers in Vietnam. With their unparalleled skill, freedom of movement, and deadly accurate long-range Remington...
The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990
| Author | Marilyn B. Young |
| ISBN | 0060921072 |
This gives a more human face (if it is possible to give war a human face) to a conflict that never had any basis in reality, and only occurred because of a few politicians who believed it was advantageous.
The consensus is that Young's narrative is anti-American; it is only anti-American insofar as...
They Marched Into Sunlight: War And Peace, Vietnam And America, October 1967
| Author | David Maraniss |
| ISBN | 0743261046 |
Here is the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties told through the events of a few gripping, passionate days of war and peace in October 1967. They Marched Into Sunlight brings that tumultuous time back to life while exploring questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of truth,...
| Author | Lien-Hang T. Nguyen |
| ISBN | 1470840669 |
While most Vietnam War historians focus on the United States role in the conflict, Nguyen examines the international context in which North Vietnamese leaders pursued the war and American intervention ended. This riveting narrative takes listeners from the marshy Mekong Delta swamps to the bomb-saturated...
Rethinking Camelot: JFK, the Vietnam War and US Political Culture
| Author | Noam Chomsky |
| ISBN | 0896084582 |
This is one of a series of Chomsky paperbacks republished in 2015 which collectively offer a truly radical and transformative review of America's role in world affairs. It is surely essential reading for anyone seeking a rational explanation for seemingly crazy situations. After the virtual insurrection...
