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What's the best book on the Vietnam War?
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:54 pm
I'm looking for a good read.
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Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:56 pm to AlbertMeansWell
I like The Things They Carried
Posted on 4/7/15 at 2:57 pm to AlbertMeansWell
I don't know about best, because there are a lot of variants to choose from. It's fictionalized, but Matterhorn is excellent. I've read more comprehensive and educational Vietnam war books, but I've spoken to a couple vets who said Matterhorn really got to them.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 4:50 pm to AlbertMeansWell
The 13th Valley
No Bugles, No Drums
No Bugles, No Drums
Posted on 4/7/15 at 4:52 pm to 777Tiger
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The 13th Valley
Posted on 4/7/15 at 4:53 pm to FootballNostradamus
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I like The Things They Carried
also Going After Cacciato by the same author
Posted on 4/7/15 at 4:54 pm to AlbertMeansWell
Posted on 4/7/15 at 4:54 pm to FootballNostradamus
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The Things They Carried
+1 on this book.
Written by a foot soldier "in the shite."
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:05 pm to Jim Rockford
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A Bright Shining Lie
Great book.
I would also recommend David Hackworth's 'About Face', a huge part of which is about Vietnam.
Anything by Bernard Fall.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:06 pm to DrTyger
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The Things They Carried
+1 on this book.
Written by a foot soldier "in the shite."
i cant recommend it enough. Its awesome read.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:07 pm to AlbertMeansWell
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:07 pm to DrTyger
The boys of 67' by Andrew Weist. I was forced to read this for a history class on the Vietnam War and it is still to this day one of the best books on war I have read. It follows Charlie Company's war from draft to the return home. It was written by the professor I took for the course and he wrote the book based on several interviews from the actual characters in the book. We had several of these men come speak to us. It's one thing to read what it's like to put a gun to a prisoner's head and pull the trigger so that he would not scream and alert the enemy of your position, but its completely different to have the guy that did sit in front of you and describe in detail what it is really like on a human level. Highly recommend.
Boys of 67'
Boys of 67'
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:09 pm to Hawkeye95
It is certainly a great book. I was assigned that book for senior English in high school...only thing that I didn't like is that the author constantly repeated himself.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:13 pm to AlbertMeansWell
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:23 pm to AlbertMeansWell
Chickenhawk
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:25 pm to AlbertMeansWell
Platoon Leader
This post was edited on 4/7/15 at 5:27 pm
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:29 pm to blkhawktiger
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Chickenhawk
I agree with this. Mason is a really good writer, and can educate you on technical stuff while not getting boring.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:29 pm to FightinTigersDammit
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Anything by Bernard Fall.
This. "Street Without Joy" is the definitive book about the early conflict in Indochina. During his command, Gen. Westmoreland kept a copy of it next to his bed.
For fiction, read the "The Short-timers" by Gustav Hasford (which influenced the making of the movie "Full Metal Jacket").
This post was edited on 4/7/15 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:36 pm to TheDude321
I've read 'Hell in a Very Small Place' numerous times.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:36 pm to AlbertMeansWell
Cannot recommend this enough
It really depends on what you like though0- this is more of a dry history, rather than a narrative.
It really depends on what you like though0- this is more of a dry history, rather than a narrative.
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