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re: What's the best book on the Vietnam War?
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:44 pm to ManBearTiger
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:44 pm to ManBearTiger
Two that I always think of are A Rumor Of War by Phillip Caputo and The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966 by Rick Atkinson. Both floored me.
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Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:44 pm to AlbertMeansWell
if you are just looking for particular battles and not the whole war then i recommend:
We Were Soldiers
Baptism: A Vietnam Memoir
We Were Soldiers
Baptism: A Vietnam Memoir
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:45 pm to FootballNostradamus
So much better then The Secret Lives of Bees
fricking high school
fricking high school
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:46 pm to AlbertMeansWell
'Nam by Mark Baker
A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
We Were Soldiers by Harold Moore Read it even if you've watched the movie.
If I Die In A Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien
Last Stand at Khe Sanh by Gregg Jones
Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow
Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo
A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
We Were Soldiers by Harold Moore Read it even if you've watched the movie.
If I Die In A Combat Zone by Tim O'Brien
Last Stand at Khe Sanh by Gregg Jones
Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow
Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
Posted on 4/7/15 at 5:55 pm to Sal Minella
Well, I've read five of those! 
Posted on 4/7/15 at 6:07 pm to Rickety Cricket
The Village: by Bing West.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 6:27 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Which ones have you not read?
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:05 pm to AlbertMeansWell
Fields of Fire - James Webb is an excellent fiction account.
He was heavily decorated for his Marine Corp service in Vietnam and went on to be Secretary of the Navy and a US Senator.
He was heavily decorated for his Marine Corp service in Vietnam and went on to be Secretary of the Navy and a US Senator.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:17 pm to AlbertMeansWell
Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Lies that led to Vietnam by H.R. McMaster.
McMaster is currently a three star General. He wrote the book as his PhD dissertation at UNC. I think he was a Colonel at the time. Anyway despite being highly qualified for promotion to Brigadeer General he was passed over twice because he pissed a lot of people off with the book. The book is very well researched and his argument is very compelling.
Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam 1945-2010 by James Olson and Randy Roberts.
A very concise yet thorough history and account of American involvement if Vietnam. This is a really easy read for the subject.
McMaster is currently a three star General. He wrote the book as his PhD dissertation at UNC. I think he was a Colonel at the time. Anyway despite being highly qualified for promotion to Brigadeer General he was passed over twice because he pissed a lot of people off with the book. The book is very well researched and his argument is very compelling.
Where the Domino Fell: America and Vietnam 1945-2010 by James Olson and Randy Roberts.
A very concise yet thorough history and account of American involvement if Vietnam. This is a really easy read for the subject.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:21 pm to chesty
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The Village: by Bing West.
That's a really good one Chesty. It's amazing that apparently none of America's general's read that book before the Iraq war.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:25 pm to Sal Minella
Nam
Last Stand
Vietnam
Last Stand
Vietnam
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:36 pm to Tigris
quote:
Fields of Fire - James Webb
A very good novel. Even though it is fiction, supposedly it is based on his experiences in Vietnam.
I would also recommend Chickenhawk, a very good read.
The brother of one of my college roommates was a chopper pilot in Vietnam. I remember back in the mid to late 80's he came camping with us one weekend. Man, did he have some stories to tell.
LC
Posted on 4/7/15 at 7:51 pm to LongueCarabine
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:04 pm to Darth_Vader
another interesting book is about the first VN POW, not Alveraz, but some Army knucklehead that was one of the first green berets, only because he was first in line, sad story but very interesting, I've got the book but can't find it now, "Unclaimed Valor" or something like that
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:17 pm to GeauxxxTigers23
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That's a really good one Chesty.
what about the one by his son? pretty sad
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:21 pm to saintsfan1977
Here's another great read and it deals with a aspect of the war that's been largely ignored....
Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph
Ride the Thunder: A Vietnam War Story of Honor and Triumph
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:40 pm to AlbertMeansWell
I'll give another vote for The Things They Carried, only book in high school that I actually read.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:44 pm to Saltwatersoul04
I'll be the fifth person to recommend "A Rumor of War" by Philip Caputo.
Posted on 4/7/15 at 8:46 pm to 777Tiger
If POW/MIA is your thing, Five Years to Freedom is by Nick Rowe, who started the SERE program.
Pretty intense/sad/amazing
Pretty intense/sad/amazing
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