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Vietnam war nonfiction books for sale in stock ebay. A vietnam war story 2002, public affairs by john laurence. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. More than a decade later, he returned to his former battlegrounds and recorded his journey in goodbye vietnam. Tell me about the first book on your list, a rumor of war 1977. Books 2016 new books good books books to read library books south vietnam vietnam war vietnam veterans vietnam history. 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. The best vietnam war books five books expert recommendations. Get the best deals on vietnam war nonfiction books when you shop the largest online selection at. After we posted this article, times readers weighed in with their favorite books on the vietnam war. Considered one of the definitive memoirs of the vietnam war, it is, simply a story about war, about the things men do in war and the things war does to them.

Nonfiction updated december 2006 a war story is good, but sometimes nonfiction can be more interesting, as in these true vietnam war stories, compiled by reader advisor paul mathews. Complete organized chaos for the new guys would begin as we landed in vietnam. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of books written about the vietnam war. There is virtually no new history here, however, and a number of the personal stories included here can be readily found in memoirs and other books, including those of vietnam war veteran writers.

Being the first major american military blunder to happen, more or less in the public eye, it comes as no surprise that there has been a lot of literature, both fiction and nonfiction, centered around it. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. No 9 dispatches by michael herr 1977 a compelling sense of urgency and a unique voice make michael herrs vietnam memoir the definitive account of. While the list of books about this conflict includes hundreds of enlightening works, we pick ten of the best texts offering illuminating perspectives on the war, its context and the effects it had on vietnam. Download nonfiction audiobooks matching keywords vietnam war to your device. This website presents the most informative, insightful and popular nonfiction books about the vietnam war. 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. An account of the vietnam war describes how it began, why it was so difficult to end, and how its tragic legacy endures. A history of the vietnamese by keith weller taylor, hanois war. My top 10 fiction and nonfiction books to read on vietnam.

These include winners of national book awards and pulitzer prizes, both fiction and nonfiction. The th valley by john del vecchio there have been a number of excellent books about vietnam. Nonfiction audiobooks matching keywords vietnam war. The violence, tragedy, bravery, and loss of the vietnam war has been memorialized in countless novels and works of nonfiction. Webb, as you probably know, went on to write a few other books and still find the time to become a u. Organized chaos, seemed like a contradiction in terms, but after a few weeks in vietnam, it seemed plausible. The ten best memoirs of the vietnam war council on. An international history of the war for peace in vi. A slew of war memoirs stand with the best writing of that genre. Within those categories, books will be further sorted by topic, where. Ten vietnam war novels to read council on foreign relations. Matterhorn by karl marlantes, the things they carried by tim obrien, the th valley by john m. An oral history of the vietnam war by black veterans by wallace terry.

Find below a collection of the best books on the vietnam war. Despite how one may feel about the war, the universal themes bourke exposes re. The books below will be sorted by nonfiction and fiction. Military this is a hilarious tale of an air force combat fighter pilot in vietnam who goes out on patrol with a special forces team he has supported many times from the air. Daniel ellsberg and the secret history of the vietnam war bccb blue ribbon nonfiction book award awards things ill never forget. You may also request these titles online through our opac. Vietnam war nonfiction vietnam veterans of america. The ultimate 2020 list of best vietnam books to read. Herr commands one of the great voices in american literature, and is so overwhelming, so powerful, that he can, like hemingway, wreak havoc on the style of wouldbe writers who would fall under his spell.

The cat is the least of it in this terrific, if overlong, opus that evokes the vietnam war from an ontheground tv correspondents point of view. Whilst some of these books are a bit older, they are still brilliant to read and give you great insight into the war. Shortlisted for canadas prestigious giller prize, this profoundly humane novel vancouver sun, wrings suspense and humor out of the everyday choices we make, revealing the delicate balance between sacrifice and selfinterest, doing good and being good. Philip caputo was a marine who later became a very wellknown journalist. Some of these are fiction books about vietnam war based on factual information, whilst others include some of the best books on vietnam history of the war. Before he penned the screenplays for jarhead and castaway, a young william broyles enlisted to serve in the vietnam war. Nonfiction an intimate history of killing by joanna bourke. The powerful words in these eleven books help us understand a complicated time in our recent history, and the political and personal legacy that it still carries. Vietnam war nonfiction missouri secretary of state. Covering world war i, world war ii, and the vietnam war, this book does an exceptional job illuminating the psychological aspects of wartime on those who do the killing. Rating is available when the video has been rented.

They range from memoirs to academic studies to government accounts. Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. Halberstam, who was a vietnam war correspondent for the new york times. 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. Among the most positive is an abundance of topnotch books, many written by veterans of the conflict.

Friendly fire, one of the earliest 1976 notable nonfiction books about the vietnam war, is now available electronically through open road media. Few american military conflicts of the 20th century were as controversial as the vietnam war. Here are my picks for the ten best memoirs of the vietnam war. Ia drangthe battle that changed the war in vietnam. Enough books novels and nonfiction have been published about the vietnam war and its aftermath to fill a modestsized library. The vietnam war has scarred, transformed and inspired countless writers and art practitioners.