Three are novels, two of which were written by vietnam war veterans. After we posted this article, times readers weighed in with their favorite books on the vietnam war. Discover the best vietnam war history in best sellers. Vietnam war, 19611975 engineering and construction base development in south vietnam, 19651970 1991, by carroll h. The vietnam war in 27 shortanswer questions ebook of what we call the vietnam war for kids. I will be marking the fiftieth anniversary of those marines going ashore at da nang by posting my favorite vietnam war. Twenty months later i was a completely different person.
Booktopia buy vietnam war books online from australias leading online bookstore. The vietnam war pictures that moved them most while the vietnam war raged roughly two decades worth of bloody and worldchanging years compelling images made their way out of the combat. It has incited many authors, historians and scholars, military and civilian alike, to analyze and write about this complex war. The traitors is an unusual vietnam war novel, lengthy over 500 pages, tedious. The best histories of the vietnam war council on foreign. Quanah parker and the rise and fall of the comanches, the most powerful indian tribe in american history. Philip caputo was a marine who later became a very wellknown journalist. This book is a look at operation wayne grey through the eyes of that young helicopter crew chief. Check out selected results from nypl title quest 2019, held august 2, 2019, as well as title quest 2018. List of books and articles about vietnam antiwar movement. Americas war in vietnam, was conducted by bianca schulze. Oct 08, 2015 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. Vietnamerica is one of the best books about the vietnam war.
The vietnam war crimes you never heard of history news network. The necessary war, michael lind if you only read one book on the vietnam war, this is it. I couldnt put it down, well written, a story that had to be told. The violence, tragedy, bravery, and loss of the vietnam war has been memorialized in countless novels and works of nonfiction. Ten vietnam war novels to read council on foreign relations. Apr 11, 2018 this speed interview with elizabeth partridge, author of boots on the ground. A lot of it just goes over your head unless you have a detailed knowledge of vietnam. The book does for the vietnam war and its refugees what maus did. Many lived on large plantations where they grew rubber trees, tea, coffee, and, most of all, rice. Mar 02, 2015 the best histories of the vietnam war. A tiger trap was similar to the mace, in that a tripwire would. The vietnam war has scarred, transformed and inspired countless writers and art practitioners. There is catch22, and slaughterhouse five, and these are classics to be sure. 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.
Usa today s bob minzesheimer recommends books by 10 authors. The viet cong were supported by north vietnam, and north vietnamese troops later joined the fighting. Founded in 1995 by danaan parry and jerilyn brusseau whose brother, u. The author is a highly decorated marine lieutenant, a veteran of combat in vietnam where his platoon suffered severe losses and he was wounded. Michael herr was a war correspondent for esquire between 1967 and 1969. Organized chaos, seemed like a contradiction in terms, but after a few weeks in vietnam, it seemed plausible. His coverage of the war in dispatches was groundbreaking for its presented a type of journalism that traded monotonous details for visceral descriptions. Oct 12, 2009 its understandable that vietnam books and not books on the war of the roses should be circulating through the obama administration. The vietnam war guide to afghanistan the new york times. It escalated from a vietnamese civil war into a limited international conflict in which the united states was deeply involved, and did not end. Ia drang the battle that changed the war in vietnam by harold g. Each question is answered concisely and sharply in just a few sentences. To shed new light on such a complicated and unsettled time in our history, to struggle to comprehend the special dissonance that is the vietnam war, we needed to look beyond the familiar stories. In vietnam above the treetops, flanagan traces his life from adolescence through the training period, combat missions of all kinds, and reentry into the everyday world.
I dont feel this is a book about the vietnam war as much as it is a book about. For a completely different take on the vietnam war e. The united states committed some 550,000 troops to the vietnam front at the height of the conflict, suffered more than 58,000 casualties, and engaged in battle after battle with communist forces in the region until its withdrawal in 1973. The most exciting novel about trees youll ever read washington post. This is an update of a previous post by sharon rickson. Whilst some of these books are a bit older, they are still brilliant to read and give you great insight into the war. Feb 05, 2016 for much of the world, the visual history of the vietnam war has been defined by a handful of iconic photographs. And a sergeant in the vietnam war barely escapes death when a 300yearold.
Complete organized chaos for the new guys would begin as we landed in vietnam. One of the most definitive works on the vietnam war, the th valley follows a company of paratroopers as they fight against the north vietnamese. Dog soldiers won the 1975 national book award for fiction, the first vietnam war novel to do so. List of books and articles about vietnam war online. Nov 08, 2012 enough books novels and nonfiction have been published about the vietnam war and its aftermath to fill a modestsized library. The ultimate 2020 list of best vietnam books to read.
What was the vietnam war oconnor, jim, who hq, foley, tim. 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. The rugged countrys thick forests proved impenetrable to many sensors. So if you are someone who do not enjoy reading long text, this e. The trees speak in vietnamese is a catchphrase referring to how in the vietnam war, americans struggled with the guerilla warfare of the viet cong who would often fight in dense jungle, leading to the anxious phrase the trees speak in vietnamese. I will be marking the fiftieth anniversary of those marines going ashore at da nang by posting my favorite vietnam war books, memoirs, novels, movies. It can be tough to remember the title and author of a book you read a long time ago. Del vecchio writes as vividly of the landscape and jungle warfare as he does of the bonds, racial tensions, and doubts amongst the u. Pages in category vietnam war novels the following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. Nov 22, 2017 finding a book when youve forgotten its title by gwen glazer, communications november 22, 2017. Tree of smoke puts the vietnam war more explicitly in the context of the.
But vietnam invites selective and tendentious reading, which leads to battles of reading lists, which is apparently whats going on right now between the white house and the pentagon. These include winners of national book awards and pulitzer prizes, both fiction and nonfiction. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. During the four years following passage of the tonkin gulf resolution aug.
Among the most positive is an abundance of topnotch books, many written by veterans of the conflict. For similar books and articles, follow along with our content tagged with american history, nonfiction, vietnam war, and speed interview. Kulka, william e schlenger, john a fairbanks, richard l hough, b. Jul 06, 2006 the war above the trees carey, ronald on. Winner of the 2016 pulitzer prize for fiction, this debut novel could fit into half a dozen genres of vietnam war books from war narrative to immigrant story, from mystery to political, from metafiction to. Heres an admittedly subjective list, posted on the military history now website, put together by mark masse, a ball state university literary journalism professor. 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. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your. Explore our editors picks for the best kids books of the month. Aug 21, 20 above all, americans should have learned that before they go barging into some remote place in the world they must study its history. Ia drangthe battle that changed the war in vietnam nov 6 2012.
Mar, 2004 during the vietnam war, the impenetrable forest of darkness in the far south seemed to be the most menacing region of vietnam. Webb, as you probably know, went on to write a few other books and still find the time to become a u. I arrived in vietnam the perfect soldier, eighteen years old and invincible. In late 2018, it became a catchphrase in memes about the vietnam war. 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. The ghosts of the vietnam war, 10 years after its conclusion. A rumor of war, philip caputo to call it the best book about vietnam is to trivialise it. He got into trouble over something that happened, i cant remember what, but he spoke very honestly about the difficult part of trying to be a man leading troops in. Enough books novels and nonfiction have been published about the vietnam war and its aftermath to fill a modestsized library. Report of findings from the national vietnam veterans readjustment study richard a. The vietnam war was as much a part of the tumultuous sixties as flower power. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading above and beyond.
Whos crazier, he asks, those protesters camping on top of a doomed redwood or the. The war above the trees ron carey the good guys always wear white hats. Books about the vietnam war and aftermath what it is like to go to war by karl marlantes. Another tripwire trap, the mace may have been the worst of all vietnam war booby traps. On october 19, 2003, the ohiobased newspaper the toledo blade launched a fourday series of investigative reports exposing a string of atrocities by an elite, volunteer, 45man tiger force unit. Vietnams mangroves trees threatened by rising tide of. 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. In 1969, the fight over hamburger hill was typical of the nowin battles fought.
Matterhorn by karl marlantes, the things they carried by tim obrien, the th valley by john m. This 6page long ebook addresses 27 basic questions you need to know about the conflict in vietnam. Kathleen jordan, charles r marmar, daniel s weiss, david a grady. These 10 books, in addition to the ones below, were recommended multiple times.
And there is a huge shelf of books about the way the war. Finding a book when youve forgotten its title the new york. The best vietnam war books five books expert recommendations. Online shopping for vietnam war from a great selection at books store. The most exciting novel about trees youll ever read. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Seeing the war through the eyes of a helicopter crew chief. Apr 24, 2012 vietnam s mangroves trees threatened by rising tide of deforestation. The viet cong insurgency set off the long war that became known in the united states as the vietnam war. Best literature about the vietnam war, american foreign policy, best novels about the 1960s fiction, u. Critically acclaimed since its release in 1977, dispatches was one of the first books which offered an insiders account of the vietnam war to the general public. Daniel cheney, was shot down and killed during the vietnam war in 1969 peacetrees vietnam is a shining example to the world of how tragedy and conflict can be transformed into peace and partnership.
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. 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. The pentagon deployed scent warfare in vietnam war is. The vietnam war crimes you never heard of history news. Once the wire was triggered, a 24inch metal or wooden ball with spikes welded onto it, weighing 40 pounds or more, would swing down from a tree, sending anyone in its path straight to valhalla. 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. Tell me about the first book on your list, a rumor of war 1977. A slew of war memoirs stand with the best writing of that genre. Army helicopters pour machine gun fire into a tree line to cover the advance of south vietnamese ground troops in an attack on a viet cong camp 18 miles north of tay ninh, near the cambodian border, in march of 1965. Vietnam war biographies 116 of over 2,000 results for books.
Certain banyan trees in vietnam are worshiped either for the tree spirits that are said to dwell in them or for historic events which took place beneath their great, splayed branches. By nearly every metric, the vietnam war was, in the common sense of the word, a war. The untold story of spies, saboteurs, and covert warriors in north vietnam by richard h. 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. Literature and the vietnam war literature and the vietnam war judith b. The conflict inspired an avalanche of volumes and they all claim to be the last word. Eddie adams image of a viet cong fighter being executed, nick uts picture of. All our physical stores and our online store are temporarily closed. Feb 05, 2008 books blog publishing catch of the day.
Beyond that, on the fiction front, we quickly traipse into forgettable territory. Historic images of vietnam war take by courageous ap. Us and vietnam exchange war artefacts as hanoi agrees to open up sites to help. The viet nam war was, unquestionably, americas longest war and a war that deeply divided america in the sixties and seventies. The real war has collected some 300 of the most historic ap images that serve as a photographic record of the vietnam war. Find below a collection of the best books on the vietnam war. A forward air controller reports and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Seeing the pilot is having a hard time keeping up, one of the chinese mercenaries called nungs, says to the team leader, lets kill the dai uy. To my mind, the king of trees in asia, the banyan is grand, exotic, heroic, mysterious and majestic. Committee to aid the national liberation front of south vietnam multiple formats at. Elizabeth partridge, author of boots on the ground. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. A vietnam war combat nurses 10year fight to win women a place of honor in washington, d. Ia drang the battle that changed the war in vietnam harold g.