Richard pena served in vietnam and is now a practicing attorney in austin, texas. Pages in category vietnam war books the following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total. In my mind its one of the first really wellwritten books that describe the moral ambiguities and difficulties faced by a young marine officer in this particular war. The greatest battle of the vietnam air war the air combat trilogy book 2 jeffrey ethell. Underground gi newspapers during the vietnam war by james lewes book description. Ten vietnam war novels to read council on foreign relations. A north vietnamese perspective on the war bui tin on. Its extraordinarily wellreported and written, and filled with memorable photographs and illustrationsa reminder that the war was, perhaps for. The the negatives have recently been rediscovered and digitized for a. An impressive piece of work that gives a good overview of the vietnam war and the wider issues that surrounded the conflict. The new series on the vietnam war, and the mysteries of historical resonance in roughly the center of this view of the pee dee river in south carolina is the snows island national historic landmark.
Kien, a lone survivor from the glorious 27th youth. Vietnam war, 19611975 engineering and construction base development in south vietnam, 19651970 1991, by carroll h. The sorrow of war is a 1990 novel by the vietnamese writer b. Complete organized chaos for the new guys would begin as we landed in vietnam. Joy about the french experience in indochina, was killed in 1967 by a mine planted on the very street he used as a book title. We would be organized militarily, but we would have to break the bad habit, of trying to fight a conventional war in a guerrilla warfare environment. Three are novels, two of which were written by vietnam war veterans. Drawing from more than 120 newspapers, published between 1968 and 1970, this study explores the emergence of an antimilitarist subculture within the u. The book includes some great observations and agonizing human truths about the nonstop combat of the war. In the vietnam war, mark atwood lawrence draws upon the latest research in archives around the world. Why was the vietnam war so contentious, and how did one of the worlds superpowers fail to defeat a much less wealthy and populous opponent. Tell me about the first book on your list, a rumor of war 1977.
This first indo china war lasted until the french defeat at dien bien phu and the signing of the geneva convention in 1954. In the fiction section, you will find the best books on vietnam war, other vietnam bestseller novels as well as novels set in vietnam. Ready to read the most celebrated and best vietnam war books. Heartwrenching, fragmented, raw, former north vietnamese solder bao ninhs the sorrow of war provides a strikingly honest look at how the vietnam war forever changed his life, his country, and the people who live there. The definitive collection of fiction and nonfiction on the war 1998 by stewart onan. If you were to read only one book on the vietnam war, the vietnam reader.
The vietnam war this is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as. Department of defense the vietnam war was a 20year conflict in southeast asia 19551975 between the government of south vietnam and the communist government of north vietnam. During the four years following passage of the tonkin gulf resolution aug. In the short history of vietnam war literature, publishers would hardly touch a book on the war until the late 1970s and early 1980sa part of the selfinduced. The companion volume to burns vietnam war documentary series on pbs, the book stands alone as a powerful summary of the whole conflict. History in an hour is essential reading for anyone interested in postwar history.
This book happens to be one of the best novels about vietnam and will give you some great insight into what it was like to be in this war. Booktopia buy vietnam war books online from australias leading online bookstore. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. There is catch22, and slaughterhouse five, and these are classics to be sure.
The author spent more than 20 years as an officer in the army of the republic of vietnam arvn, but few pages of his book deal with his personal experiences. Vietnam war american soldiers exit a helicopter during operation oregon in the vietnam war. The best books about vietnam as a country, not just the vietnam war. The best vietnam war books five books expert recommendations. A rumor of war, philip caputo to call it the best book about vietnam is to trivialise it. Author eve bunting has a gift for writing about serious subjects in a way that makes them accessible to young children, and she has done just that in her picture book the wall. Literary, translation, and film rights are handled by nat sobel at sobel weber associates.
This book seeks to relate the overall events and chronology of the war and shows its impact on everyday lives. Perhaps the only decent thing to emerge from the vietnam war is a body of literature unsurpassed by the writing thats come out of any other war. The wall picture book about a visit to vietnam war memorial. Organized chaos, seemed like a contradiction in terms, but after a few weeks in vietnam, it seemed plausible. This childrens picture book is about a father and his young sons visit to the vietnam veterans memorial. Wellwritten and deeply researched, this history covers virtually every aspect of the french and american wars in vietnam from 1945 to 1975, focusing mainly on military, diplomatic, and political. The necessary war, michael lind if you only read one book on the vietnam war, this is it. New book explores history of the vietnamese cornell.
The daring and controversial novel that took the world by storma story of politics, selfhood, survival, and war. The 696page book covers 2,000 years of vietnamese government, culture and life, from the qin empire in 221 b. Fields of fire is a brilliant book about the vietnam war. Mark atwood lawrence and fredrik logevalls book the first vietnam war is a synthesis of events in various countries that led up to and followed the first vietnam war. He left on the last day of american military involvement in vietnam in march 1973. Taylor is the author of the new book, a history of the vietnamese cambridge concise histories. The vietnam war stands as one of the pivotal moments in recent u. Dog soldiers won the 1975 national book award for fiction, the first vietnam war novel to do so. The new series on the vietnam war, and the mysteries of.
Real people, real combat, espionage, and conflict in the mekong delta 1969. The lack of a truly comprehensive encyclopedia on the vietnam war has long been a problem for reference staff in academic, public, and school libraries. From his encounters with exvietnamese soldiers to interviews with victims of his own violence, broyles memoir is a reminder of how the brotherhood of man can. As before, ward has written a weighty companion book to the series. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Us soldiers, communist leaders, saigon loyalists, vietnamese peasants and even nixon himself. The great vietnam war novel was not written by an american. The story follows an anonymous north vietnamese narrator whos acting as a mole in the south vietnamese army and is sent to an exile. Why was the vietnam war of such global significance and how has it affected people on both sides of the conflict. List of books and articles about vietnam antiwar movement. Booktopia buy vietnam war books online from australias leading online. Every book on vietnam in the section claimed to be the best ever written on the subject. But his experience in the vietnam war made a reasonable choice. The top 30 vietnam war books to read this winter historynet.
Charlie haughey was a us army photographer in vietnam in 1967, shooting nearly 2,000 photos. All our physical stores and our online store are temporarily closed. The best histories of the vietnam war council on foreign relations. An intimate history tells once again the painful tale of americas protracted, divisive and most would. This book was written by a vietnam combat veteran with d1st502nd infantry, 101st aibrone division, mike m60 kelley, who is also an accomplished artist, producing exquisite images of the vietnam war. While overseas, richard served as an or tech in the operating room of vietnams largest military hospital during the final year of the war. The war of vietnam legal definition of the war of vietnam. Before he penned the screenplays for jarhead and castaway, a young william broyles enlisted to serve in the vietnam war. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. What is a good recommendation for a nonfiction book on.
Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. I have read literally 100s of books on these topics. If you are doing research on the vietnam war this book is a musthave. It tells the story of the war from every conceivable angle, including that of the young vietnamese fighters. Among the most positive is an abundance of topnotch books, many written by veterans of the conflict. This weekend, at last, the vietnam war will land on our rooftops, ready to transport us back a half century and more to a conflict begun in good faith, by decent people, out of fateful misunderstandings that led to a decade of agonythe most divisive period since the civil war. Here are the key events leading up to the vietnam war, the deadly guerrilla warfare of the viet cong, the domestic antiwar movement and the fall of saigon. But meaning can be found in the individual stories.
One of my favourites from this list is the beauty of humanity movement, it might be an oldie but it is a great book that tells an interesting story about key characters and their lives in old vietnam. The vietnam war was among a host of factors that opened deep fault lines in the landscape of u. Instead, author nguyen duong uniformly praises the arvn on just about every. Beyond that, on the fiction front, we quickly traipse into forgettable territory. Follow us your content may be featured on, member station websites, and on social media. The best vietnam war books, as recommended by vietnam war vet karl marlantes, author of the briliant novel matterhorn, set in the vietnam war. These include winners of national book awards and pulitzer prizes, both fiction and nonfiction. Philip caputo was a marine who later became a very wellknown journalist. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. Fitzgerald won the pulitzer prize and the national book award by. More than a decade later, he returned to his former battlegrounds and recorded his journey in goodbye vietnam.
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