Vietnam War Books


Home Front: Viet Nam and Families at WarHome Front: Viet Nam and Families at War
Best Price: $13.72
When will the war finally come to an end? Home Front: Viet Nam and Families at War recounts the...
Ideologies of Forgetting: Rape in the Vietnam War (Suny Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory)Ideologies of Forgetting: Rape in the Vietnam War (Suny Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory)
Best Price: $23.04
First book to study rape and sexual abuse of Vietnamese women by U.S. soldiers during the...
Distant Shore: A MemoirDistant Shore: A Memoir
Best Price: $8.39
This book "Distant Shore: A Memoir" is a must-read for all of America. It is a...
Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in VietnamLast Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam
Best Price: $4.68
Drury and Clavin have the unique ability to place the reader completely in the moment. When...
Enter and Die!Enter and Die!
Best Price: $15.98
James Milliken survived his part of the Vietnam war, but just barely. [Note: suspense spoiler!]...


Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in VietnamLast Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam
Best Price: $14.50
On April 30, 1975, for twenty-four straight harrowing hours, a small band of U.S. Marines...
Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971
Excellent book on the effects of Agent Orange and how it was used in Southeast Asia (SEA)....
WidowmakerWidowmaker
Best Price: $29.86
"?This is the most poignant Vietnam War book I have read and without any selfbravado. It...
A Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in VietnamA Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in Vietnam
Best Price: $11.72
"A Code to Keep" is the story of Ernest C. Brace. Brace was a former Marine pilot,...
Parrot's Beak: U.S. Operations in CambodiaParrot's Beak: U.S. Operations in Cambodia
Best Price: $255.94
No movie I have seen about the Vietnam war comes close to the action, drama and emotion...


To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians (Vietnam War Era Classics Series)To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath in the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians (Vietnam War Era Classics Series)
Best Price: $29.25
Al Santoli's book, To Bear Any Burden, is a narrative of stories told by 47 Americans,...
Defending the Free World: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and the Vietnam War, 1961-1965 (Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought)Defending the Free World: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and the Vietnam War, 1961-1965 (Praeger Studies in Diplomacy and Strategic Thought)
Best Price: $114.95
Schwab examines America's decision to stand in Vietnam with a fresh perspective provided by...
A Clash of Cultures: Civil-Military Relations during the Vietnam War (In War and in Peace: U.S. Civil-Military Relations)A Clash of Cultures: Civil-Military Relations during the Vietnam War (In War and in Peace: U.S. Civil-Military Relations)
Best Price: $11.00
The Vietnam War was in many ways defined by a civil-military divide, an underlying clash between...
Brothers in Arms: A Journey from War to Peace (Southwestern Writers Collection Series)Brothers in Arms: A Journey from War to Peace (Southwestern Writers Collection Series)
Best Price: $49.73
"He did what no other American had ever done" . . . He went back to meet the former...
LBJ and Vietnam: A Different Kind of War (Administrative History of the Johnson Presidency Series)LBJ and Vietnam: A Different Kind of War (Administrative History of the Johnson Presidency Series)
Best Price: $19.50
Decades later, the Vietnam War remains a divisive memory for American society. Partisans on all...

On Their Own: Women Journalists and the American Experience in VietnamOn Their Own: Women Journalists and the American Experience in Vietnam
Best Price: $0.01
Joyce Hoffman read a book about journalists who reported on American involvement in Vietnam in...
Survivors: Vietnam Pows Tell Their StoriesSurvivors: Vietnam Pows Tell Their StoriesCleared Hot!: A Marine Combat Pilot's Vietnam DiaryCleared Hot!: A Marine Combat Pilot's Vietnam Diary
Best Price: $45.00
Daring missions. Dangerous rescues. Deadly accuracy. Many pilots never made it out of 'Nam....
Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War (Thomas Dunne Book)Dirty Little Secrets of the Vietnam War (Thomas Dunne Book)
Best Price: $7.80
I really liked this book--well enough to recommend it to my father-in-law, a Vietnam veteran and...
Mobile Guerrilla Force: With The Special Forces In War Zone DMobile Guerrilla Force: With The Special Forces In War Zone D
Best Price: $20.00
Mr Donahue writes an excellent first-person account of his experiences with the MGF, and after...

Home Front: Viet Nam and Families at WarHome Front: Viet Nam and Families at War
Best Price: $13.72
When will the war finally come to an end? Home Front: Viet Nam and Families at War recounts the...
Ideologies of Forgetting: Rape in the Vietnam War (Suny Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory)Ideologies of Forgetting: Rape in the Vietnam War (Suny Series in Feminist Criticism and Theory)
Best Price: $23.04
First book to study rape and sexual abuse of Vietnamese women by U.S. soldiers during the...
Distant Shore: A MemoirDistant Shore: A Memoir
Best Price: $8.39
This book "Distant Shore: A Memoir" is a must-read for all of America. It is a...
Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in VietnamLast Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam
Best Price: $4.68
Drury and Clavin have the unique ability to place the reader completely in the moment. When...
Enter and Die!Enter and Die!
Best Price: $15.98
James Milliken survived his part of the Vietnam war, but just barely. [Note: suspense spoiler!]...

Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in VietnamLast Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam
Best Price: $14.50
On April 30, 1975, for twenty-four straight harrowing hours, a small band of U.S. Marines...
Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971Operation Ranch Hand: The Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971
Excellent book on the effects of Agent Orange and how it was used in Southeast Asia (SEA)....
WidowmakerWidowmaker
Best Price: $29.86
"?This is the most poignant Vietnam War book I have read and without any selfbravado. It...
A Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in VietnamA Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in Vietnam
Best Price: $11.72
"A Code to Keep" is the story of Ernest C. Brace. Brace was a former Marine pilot,...
Parrot's Beak: U.S. Operations in CambodiaParrot's Beak: U.S. Operations in Cambodia
Best Price: $255.94
No movie I have seen about the Vietnam war comes close to the action, drama and emotion...

The Tragedy of Vietnam (2nd Edition)The Tragedy of Vietnam (2nd Edition)
Best Price: $32.95
Hearden writes with an interesting, engaging style, to be sure, and he presents factual data. ...
Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POWFive Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW
Best Price: $4.42
An extraordinary account of the triumph of the human spirit, Five Years to Freedom relates the...
F.N.G.F.N.G.
Best Price: $4.89
"One of the most hard-hitting of all the Vietnam novels." The Boston Herald. In...
Mekong!Mekong!
Contrary to some reviewers, the author did claim he was a SEAL in Vietnam. Co-author Reeves said...
The HillThe Hill
Ty is the grunt. Point man for his platoon. Jason is the favored one: a football hero picked for...

We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in VietnamWe Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Best Price: $7.50
In WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE...AND YOUNG, the team of Harold Moore and Joey Galloway, have given us...
Once a Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in VietnamOnce a Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in Vietnam
Best Price: $11.65
Splendid book. Entertaining and minimally technical, it is strongly recommended for non-veterans...
Last Man Out: A Personal Account of the Vietnam WarLast Man Out: A Personal Account of the Vietnam War
Best Price: $11.67
I recently came across an excellent review of Last Man Out This review was prepared by Colonel...
Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to VietnamBlack Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam
Best Price: $6.00
Although it did not garner national attention or give rise to any widespread outpourings of...
Silent Warrior: The Marine Sniper's Story Vietnam ContinuesSilent Warrior: The Marine Sniper's Story Vietnam Continues
Best Price: $4.27
This book was written after the death of Carlos Hathcock, in 1999. Henderson wrote the original...

Fire in the StreetsFire in the Streets
A Vietnam veteran recreates the historical Tet Offensive of 1968, discussing the city of Hue...
SKYRAIDER #13 (Illustrated History of the Vietnam War)SKYRAIDER #13 (Illustrated History of the Vietnam War)
Best Price: $4.89
The Men Behind the Trident: Seal Team One In VietnamThe Men Behind the Trident: Seal Team One In Vietnam
Best Price: $113.82
Evocative cover, but fails to deliver inside. Author is obviously not a SEAL, perhaps even a...
Split/VisionSplit/Vision
Best Price: $17.97
Compelling, magnificent, a masterpiece! John Wilbur returns to Viet Nam where his youthful...
A Sphinx: The Memories of a Reluctant Spy in VietnamA Sphinx: The Memories of a Reluctant Spy in Vietnam
Best Price: $22.53
A Sphinx: The Memories of a Reluctant Spy in Vietnam The average person reading this book might...

The First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War CrisisThe First Vietnam War: Colonial Conflict and Cold War Crisis
Best Price: $54.50
How did the conflict between Vietnamese nationalists and French colonial rulers erupt into a...
The Vietnam War Debate: Hans J. Morgenthau and the Attempt to Halt the Drift into DisasterThe Vietnam War Debate: Hans J. Morgenthau and the Attempt to Halt the Drift into Disaster
Best Price: $68.07
This book tells the story of how America's national leadership failed the nation and...
West Dickens Avenue: A Marine at Khe SanhWest Dickens Avenue: A Marine at Khe Sanh
Best Price: $171.69
I absolutely loved this book. John really brings you through the mind of a soldier stationed at...
The Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe SanhThe Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe Sanh
While the seventy-seven-day siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968 remains one of the most highly...
Apache SunriseApache Sunrise
I can't really call this the great narrative of gunship flying that other reviewers have...

Assault on Dak Pek: A Special Forces A-Team in Combat, 1970Assault on Dak Pek: A Special Forces A-Team in Combat, 1970
Best Price: $24.92
Leigh Wade does a good job giving readers the dirty and gritty reality from the Vietnam Vets...
The Siege at HueThe Siege at Hue
Best Price: $80.06
This Book was very informative. The writer puts you right there in the city,fighting with...
Lest We Forget: The Kingsmen, 101st Aviation Battalion, 1968Lest We Forget: The Kingsmen, 101st Aviation Battalion, 1968
Best Price: $49.93
I Corps, in 1968 and especially Northern I Corps, was an area that could be called "Ground...
Vietnam: The Heartland RemembersVietnam: The Heartland Remembers
Best Price: $30.00
"Vietnam, the heartland remembers" is absolutly riviting. It is one of the...
What Should We Tell Our Children About  Vietnam?What Should We Tell Our Children About Vietnam?
Best Price: $10.29
As a history major we read this book, or an excerpt of it, in a class on Vietnam. Two years...

Confronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance During the Vietnam WarConfronting the War Machine: Draft Resistance During the Vietnam War
Best Price: $73.92
Shedding light on an understudied form of opposition to the Vietnam War, Michael Foley tells the...
Dear America: Letters Home from VietnamDear America: Letters Home from Vietnam
"An overwhelmingly eloquent book of the purest and most simple writing on ...
Against the Vietnam War: Writings by ActivistsAgainst the Vietnam War: Writings by Activists
Best Price: $24.95
The review title says it all. I believe for one to get an accurate perspective, one must read...
Don't Bunch Up: One Marine's StoryDon't Bunch Up: One Marine's Story
Best Price: $3.75
Van Zanten could have written a couple of hundred more pages and probably did. The editing is...
Low Level HellLow Level Hell
Best Price: $11.55
The story of a LOACH pilot who is part of the hunter (LOACH) killer (Cobra) team of the 1/4 Cav...

The Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe SanhThe Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe Sanh
Best Price: $33.41
Edward F Murphy delivers his finest book yet about a battle that has long been over shadowed by...
The Vietnam War: An Assessment by South Vietnam's Generals (Modern Southeast Asia Series)The Vietnam War: An Assessment by South Vietnam's Generals (Modern Southeast Asia Series)
Best Price: $60.00
Today, thirty-five years after the fall of Saigon, scholars and historians have had...
...And Kill MiGs, Air to Air Combat From Vietnam to the Gulf War - Aircraft Specials series (6072)...And Kill MiGs, Air to Air Combat From Vietnam to the Gulf War - Aircraft Specials series (6072)
Best Price: $11.94
This book has had 3 editions so far, with new information being added each time it comes out. ...
Air Operations in Northern Laos: November 1, 1969-April 1, 1970Air Operations in Northern Laos: November 1, 1969-April 1, 1970Hmong in America: Journey from a Secret WarHmong in America: Journey from a Secret War
Best Price: $35.44
Hmong in America is the dramatic story of one of America's newest groups of immigrants, the...

The Iran contradictionsThe Iran contradictions
Best Price: $4.98
Abuse of military power, murder and mayhem, crooked government agents, and a U.S. President on...
A Test of FaithA Test of Faith
The account of a coming of age. A Test of Faith traces the circumstances that led to a crisis...
When Hell Was in SessionWhen Hell Was in Session
Best Price: $10.99
About five years ago, I picked up Denton's book with intentions of quickly skimming through...
Landing Zones: Southern Veterans Remember VietnamLanding Zones: Southern Veterans Remember Vietnam
Best Price: $4.95
I simply must be honest, and tell, I have not completely read "Landing Zones"....
America's Miracle Man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Southeast Asia (American Encounters/Global Interactions)America's Miracle Man in Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, and U.S. Intervention in Southeast Asia (American Encounters/Global Interactions)
Best Price: $10.00
America?s Miracle Man in Vietnam rethinks the motivations behind one of the most ruinous...

Felon for Peace: The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft ResisterFelon for Peace: The Memoir of a Vietnam-Era Draft Resister
Best Price: $61.47
When Jerry Elmer turned eighteen at the height of the Vietnam War, he publicly refused to...
From the Rivers to the Sea: The United States Navy in VietnamFrom the Rivers to the Sea: The United States Navy in Vietnam
Best Price: $34.50
This book is one of the best yet on riverine operations in Vietnam. As a participant in these...
War Trauma: Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq (HC) (A Vietnam Trilogy)War Trauma: Lessons Unlearned, From Vietnam to Iraq (HC) (A Vietnam Trilogy)
Best Price: $29.95
Dr. Raymond Monsour Scurfield is a professor in the School of Social Work at the University of...
Memphis-Nam-Sweden: The Story of a Black DeserterMemphis-Nam-Sweden: The Story of a Black Deserter
Best Price: $1.26
Why was this thing resurrected? "Memphis, Nam , Sweden" was fraudulent when it was...
Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam Papers: A Documentary CollectionLyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam Papers: A Documentary Collection
Best Price: $93.95

On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam WarOn Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War
Best Price: $43.89
"We won - they won" in Vietnam is no longer especially important, except to those who...
Low Level Hell: A Scout Pilot in the Big Red OneLow Level Hell: A Scout Pilot in the Big Red One
Best Price: $87.97
A Vietnam veteran describes his experiences in country, recounting his career as a scout pilot...
The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces, Vietnam, 1965-1973The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces, Vietnam, 1965-1973
Best Price: $29.71
The Vietnam War is probably the most maligned, misunderstood, misrepresented, and misreported...
Vietnam Veterans' Homecoming: Crossing the LineVietnam Veterans' Homecoming: Crossing the Line
Best Price: $15.00
I met author Carey Spearman when I attended the Tet '68 Reunion in Hampton, VA in 2003....
Stolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its HistoryStolen Valor : How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of Its Heroes and Its History
Best Price: $19.98
Stolen Valor is mis-titled, it should have been called, Revenge of the Pogues: An attack on...

Grief Denied: A Vietnam Widow's StoryGrief Denied: A Vietnam Widow's Story
Best Price: $7.98
"Grief Denied" is a competently written book by a Vietnam widow, Pauline Laurent, who...
Sharp Mental FragmentsSharp Mental Fragments
For a person who is not extremely fond of war stories, I found, to my surprise, that I could not...
Command in Vietnam - Reflections of a Commanding OfficerCommand in Vietnam - Reflections of a Commanding OfficerUnfortunate Sons: A True Story of Young Men and WarUnfortunate Sons: A True Story of Young Men and War
Best Price: $24.95
Written with brutal honesty, but also with grace, sensitivity, and understanding, UNFORTUNATE...
Hitchhiking From VietnamHitchhiking From Vietnam
Best Price: $8.25
"Hitchhiking From Vietnam: Seeking The Ox" is the personal story of Richard Chamberlin...

Is Anybody Listening?: A True Story About POW/MIAs In The Vietnam WarIs Anybody Listening?: A True Story About POW/MIAs In The Vietnam War
Best Price: $23.23
Orin Deforest titled his book on Viet-Nam failures in intelligence Slow Burn: The Rise and...
A Different Kind of WarA Different Kind of War
Best Price: $5.99
This book is an engaging story of a young American soldier, a college graduate, with U.S. Army...
Empty Tubes and Back Seat Memories: A Life Changing ExperienceEmpty Tubes and Back Seat Memories: A Life Changing Experience
Best Price: $15.92
An enlisted soldier's back seat memories from Vietnam as crew chief aboard a Huey gunship. ...
The Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam During the Kennedy EraThe Making of a Quagmire: America and Vietnam During the Kennedy Era
Best Price: $94.74
Pulitzer-prize winning author David Halberstam's eyewitness account provides a riveting...
Blind Bat: C-130 Night Fowrwar Air Controller Ho Chi Minh TrailBlind Bat: C-130 Night Fowrwar Air Controller Ho Chi Minh Trail

Weapons and Field Gear of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong:Weapons and Field Gear of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong:
Best Price: $29.26
This is a beautiful book full of excellent photographs documenting the type of military...
The Secret Vietnam War: The United States Air Force in Thailand, 1961-1975The Secret Vietnam War: The United States Air Force in Thailand, 1961-1975
In The Secret Vietnam War USAF in Thailand, the author toes the bureaucratic line. For 1975, he...
The Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam WarThe Last Battle: The Mayaguez Incident and the End of the Vietnam War
Best Price: $2.99
As recently as the 2000 Republican Convention, the Mayaquez Incident was touted as a triumph of...
Phoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in VietnamPhoenix and the Birds of Prey: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism in Vietnam
Best Price: $14.25
Phoenix and the Birds of Prey has an odd flavor because it possesses almost no "narrative...
Top SergeantTop Sergeant
Best Price: $42.95
My brother gave me this book a few months ago and I finally made time to read it - and I'm...

Never Without HeroesNever Without Heroes
Best Price: $5.56
In a true story from his own experience, backed by exhaustive reseach, Vetter starts out...
Check Six: A Fighter Pilot Looks BackCheck Six: A Fighter Pilot Looks Back
Best Price: $139.98
Blesse does an excellent job in taking the reader into the cockpit. While his writing style may...
   
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