Vietnam Books


We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of VietnamWe Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam
Best Price: $16.47
In their stunning follow-up to the classic bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young ,...
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and VietnamLearning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam
Best Price: $10.87
In his book The Two Vietnams, the late Bernard Fall warned that any comparisons between British...
The Nightingale's SongThe Nightingale's Song
Best Price: $7.90
The "Nightingales's Song" is a remarkable story. I know three of the five characters,...
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of VietnamCatfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam
Best Price: $7.50
Catfish and Mandala hit close to home. My mother's family live in Vung Tau. So, when I read...
A Rumor of WarA Rumor of War
Best Price: $8.46
I thought this book was the best book on Vietnam that I have ever read. Its a facinating look...


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: $10.15
This is clearly the best military book I have every read. I couldn't put it down and found...
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: $14.94
"The 13th Valley" by John Del Vecchio Among the best novels ever written on the...
Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed KillsMarine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills
Best Price: $8.46
This is a superb biography of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, Marine sniper, from his enlistment to...
DispatchesDispatches
Best Price: $6.35
I just read this book for the first time since I was in college and it still is one of the best...
If I Die in a Combat Zone : Box Me Up and Ship Me HomeIf I Die in a Combat Zone : Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
Best Price: $5.00
Tim O'Brien fan and have not read this book? You will not be disappointed. Never read O'Brien?...


The Sorrow of WarThe Sorrow of War
Best Price: $7.91
Bao Ninh's book is a difficult read, due in part to the translation, I suspect. Other reviewers...
The March of Folly: From Troy to VietnamThe March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam
Best Price: $6.75
Though written in 1984, this book takes apart governmental decision-making and reveals that...
Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to VietnamDereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam
Best Price: $6.99
This book is a clear indictment of LBJ and his closest advisers on the policy on and war in...
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family MemoirThe Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
Best Price: $8.86
Living as a young child in a Hmong refugee camp in Thailand in the 1980s, Kao Kalia Yang says...
SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in VietnamSOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam
Best Price: $4.06
This exceptional story of US commandos and their allies the Montagnards, called the Yards, who...

Special Forces at War: An Illustrated History, Southeast Asia 1957-1975Special Forces at War: An Illustrated History, Southeast Asia 1957-1975
Best Price: $26.38
I practically own every book on the subject on the Green Berets in Vietnam, and this one is...
To The Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in VietnamTo The Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
Best Price: $5.90
An engrossing, fast moving story of a 1st CAV warrant officers experiences mid 1967-1968. Tom...
When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer RougeWhen Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
Best Price: $8.44
After reading this I somehow felt changed. Written so well that you feel her emotions immensely...
The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam WarThe Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War
Best Price: $8.43
If you're interested in getting an idea of what a typical army officer's life in an operational...
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in VietnamA Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Best Price: $3.85
this book was a long read. The wrighting was on the wall. No one paid attention.

Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien PhuHell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu
Best Price: $7.56
I talk weekly over coffee with two friends who served in Special Forces in Vietnam. Top of...
One Shot One KillOne Shot One Kill
Best Price: $3.95
I have been reading material on the subject of scout/sniping for some time now. This book is an...
A Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its AftermathA Vietcong Memoir: An Inside Account of the Vietnam War and Its Aftermath
Best Price: $8.50
Troung Nhu Tang was a true freedom fighter to liberate Vietnam from colonial slavery and unite...
Silent Warrior: The Marine Sniper's Story Vietnam ContinuesSilent Warrior: The Marine Sniper's Story Vietnam Continues
Best Price: $3.94
The material used for "Silent Warrior" were the pages that were cut from "Marine...
Gone Native: An NCO's StoryGone Native: An NCO's Story
Best Price: $3.95
A well-written document by one of the troops on the ground. Crazy moments of a GI under stress,...

Five Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POWFive Years to Freedom: The True Story of a Vietnam POW
Best Price: $3.40
James Rowe's story is one that makes you appreciate how good we have things in our day to day...
Born on the Fourth of JulyBorn on the Fourth of July
Best Price: $4.17
The story is poignant of this good American youth who went enlisted in the marines to fight in...
Stalking the Vietcong: Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal AccountStalking the Vietcong: Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account
Best Price: $4.46
"In Sweden, Foreign Minister Torsten Nilsson reveals that Sweden has been providing...
An Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast AsiaAn Enormous Crime: The Definitive Account of American POWs Abandoned in Southeast Asia
Best Price: $6.50
This book is an eye opener on the POW/MIA issue. Being born before the war, I didn't know too...
To Be a U.S. Army Green Beret (To Be A)To Be a U.S. Army Green Beret (To Be A)
Best Price: $8.99
I'd give this book 3.5 but I cant... I found this book to be very well informing of all types of...

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: $19.00
I served in Vietnam from June of 1970 until January of 1972, mostly with the Americal Division. ...
America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster (4th Edition)
Best Price: $24.94
This is a concise but systematic overview and narrative of the Vietnam war. Evenhanded and...
A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in VietnamA Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam
Best Price: $5.43
Americans typically talk about the "Vietnam War" as if it were a single conflict. But...
Street Without Joy: The French Debacle In Indochina (Stackpole Military History Series)Street Without Joy: The French Debacle In Indochina (Stackpole Military History Series)
Best Price: $6.38
Street Without Joy is an excellent work by Bernard Fall about the French War in Indochina (also...
Rescue of Streetcar 304: A Navy Pilot's Forty Hours on the Run in Laos (Ausa)Rescue of Streetcar 304: A Navy Pilot's Forty Hours on the Run in Laos (Ausa)
Best Price: $13.57
What a book! To me the acid test was, "Would I find this book interesting even if I wasn't...

Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965
Best Price: $10.00
I read this book during the three weeks I was visiting Vietnam with my family, 39 years after my...
Rampant Raider: An A-4 Skyhawk Pilot in VietnamRampant Raider: An A-4 Skyhawk Pilot in Vietnam
Best Price: $20.38
I have always had an interest in the Vietnam War since I visited the country in 1995 with the...
Low Level HellLow Level Hell
Best Price: $11.33
I have read many books on combat in Vietnam, but not one compares to Low Level Hell. Hugh Mills...
In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of VietnamIn Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam
Best Price: $5.53
I give this book five stars because the writing was good and the revelations of historical...
The VillageThe Village
Best Price: $4.06
The Village is a very good read while at the same time contains applicable lessons to future wars.

At Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to PeaceAt Hell's Gate: A Soldier's Journey from War to Peace
Best Price: $6.30
This is a book everyone should read. I totally agree with the writer, that we all know and live...
The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as HistoryThe Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History
Best Price: $7.50
Norman Mailer gave a personal view of that time which included all different intellectual...
Blackjack-34Blackjack-34
Best Price: $3.95
I have read dozens of non-fiction Vietnam books, trying to gain every perspective. Donohue...
Hill 488Hill 488
Best Price: $4.03
DEFINENTALY A BUY. this is a great book, even though the fighting starts half way through. Once...
Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862
Best Price: $15.49
According to the introduction to this wonderful book, the editors, Gary Joiner and Timothy...

When Thunder RolledWhen Thunder Rolled
Best Price: $3.74
For some time now I've had a fascination with the F-105 Thunderchief and the men who went...
The Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese FamilyThe Sacred Willow: Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family
Best Price: $8.25
I highly recommend this book for all young 2nd generation Vietnamese-Americans, like myself, who...
Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in VietnamSnake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam
Best Price: $12.47
I flew Hueys in Nam in 1968, mostly in the 4 corps area. The book brought back a lot of memories.
Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon PapersSecrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
Best Price: $2.00
This provides Ellsberg's history behind his release of the Pentagon Papers. Included is...
Acceptable LossAcceptable Loss
Best Price: $3.95
Jorgenson's writing style grabs you and puts you in the drivers seat as a Ranger in the...

History Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American PastHistory Wars: The Enola Gay and Other Battles for the American Past
Best Price: $4.32
History Wars: The Enola gay and other Battles for the American Past is an extremely thought...
Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral HistoryBloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History
Best Price: $3.95
This fascinating collection of concise, first person accounts of fighting in Vietnam provides...
   
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