Among the most positive is an abundance of topnotch books, many written by veterans of the conflict. Browse history military vietnam war ebooks to read online or download in epub or pdf format on your mobile device and pc. Enough books novels and nonfiction have been published about the vietnam war and its aftermath to fill a modestsized library. There are an extraordinary number of works both fiction and nonfiction that seek to understand the impact of the war or simply excise the longfestering wounds. A list of the best books, modern literature, historical fiction set in vietnam and cambodia, about the war, pol pots genocide, haing ngor, kim thuy. Catfish and mandala is the story of an american odyssey. One of these books was written before vietnam, one written after. Caputo landed at danang with the first ground combat unit deployed to vietnam. Vietnam war books vietnam war fiction war novels by war cold war novels vietnam war in popular culture novels set in vietnam. When i think back to reading either book for the first time, and other vietnam war books, the. It strikes me that this is the way our memories work. Ronald glasser arrived at camp zuma in the midst of chaos.
These include winners of national book awards and pulitzer prizes, both fiction and nonfiction. An oral history of the vietnam war by black veterans by wallace terry. Matterhorn by karl marlantes, the things they carried by tim obrien, the th valley by john m. Complete organized chaos for the new guys would begin as we landed in vietnam.
This book, easily one of the best pieces of war fiction, is definitely one of the best books written by vietnam war veterans. This book describes their experiences the similarities and the differences and how the pows coped with untreated wounds and other malaises, systematic torture, and. Search results for vietnam war download free fiction. The violence, tragedy, bravery, and loss of the vietnam war has been memorialized in countless novels and works of nonfiction. The best vietnam war books five books expert recommendations. Before he penned the screenplays for jarhead and castaway, a young william broyles enlisted to serve in the vietnam war. Find below a collection of the best books on the vietnam war. Usa today s bob minzesheimer recommends books by 10 authors. Booktopia buy vietnam war fiction books online from australias leading online bookstore. The 1960s gave rise to books like kurt vonneguts slaughterhousefive, babel17 by samuel delany, and of course frank herberts dune. Committee to aid the national liberation front of south vietnam multiple formats at. From his encounters with exvietnamese soldiers to interviews with victims of his own violence, broyles memoir is a reminder of how the.
Philip caputo was a marine who later became a very wellknown journalist. In vietnam, all us forces were ordered to cease fighting and that included air assets as well as the ground troops. Hellgate press a leading independent publisher of books. 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. Pacos story won the 1987 national book award for fiction. Anyway, there was huge number of books running the gamut of extreme politics to bourgeoise politics, cooking, diet, novels, history, selfhelp ad nauseum and also plenty of bricabrac. More than a decade later, he returned to his former battlegrounds and recorded his journey in goodbye vietnam. Whilst some of these books are a bit older, they are still brilliant to read and give you great insight into the war. Vietnam war fiction skip to main search results amazon prime. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. This book is a great read if you enjoy reading books about the vietnam war. A narrative of vietnamera pows on the time spent in captivity in the jungles of the south, or the jails of the north. The ultimate 2020 list of best vietnam books to read.
Halberstam, who was a vietnam war correspondent for the new york times. At a yard sale where i bought 3 antique trunks, i also had to buy their contents. Dog soldiers won the 1975 national book award for fiction, the first vietnam war novel to do so. The 40th anniversary edition of the classic vietnam memoirfeatured in the pbs documentary series the vietnam war by ken burns and lynn novickwith a new foreword by kevin powersin march of 1965, lieutenant philip j. Ten vietnam war novels to read council on foreign relations. Discover the best vietnam war history in best sellers. While the list of books about this conflict includes hundreds of enlightening works, we pick ten of the best texts offering illuminating perspectives on. Larry heinemannthe awardwinning novelist much of whose work reflected his experiences as a workingclass kid from chicago who was drafted into the army and served a 196768 vietnam war tour of duty with the 25th. Short fiction and other writing about the vietnam war edited by vivian vie balfour this collection offers solid writing as well as a variety of perspectives on the vietnam war civilian and military, past and present. The th valley by john del vecchio there have been a number of excellent books about vietnam. August 1, 1990, saddam hussein, with his eye on the rich.
After we posted this article, times readers weighed in with their favorite books on the vietnam war. This is a list of alternate history fiction, sorted by type. 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. 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. Heres a list of great books about vietnam, many focused on the country and the culture and a few about the war. The top 30 vietnam war books to read this winter historynet. Best sellers, newest to oldest oldest to newest price low to high price. Online shopping for vietnam war from a great selection at books store. Napoleon and the conquest of the world by louis geoffroy, napoleon s first french empire emerging. Pages in category vietnam war fiction the following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers.
From americas conflictswwi, wwii, korea, vietnam and iraqto her mountains, rivers and people, hellgate press has just the book for you. The best literature, historical fiction books vietnam. Before he penned the screenplays for jarhead and castaway. 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 historical and even dark comedy. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. Harvey award nominee comic writer and artist don lomax assembles his desert storm journal comic series and brings back his central character from his critically acclaimed vietnam journal books. Nonfiction an intimate history of killing by joanna bourke. Hellgate press offers you the best in books about the military, including military history, veteran memoirs and military fictionas well as nonfiction adventure travel and historicaladventure fiction. Wehrle page images at hathitrust personalities of the liberation movement of south vietnam 1965, by u. Tell me about the first book on your list, a rumor of war 1977. Go beyond ken burns documentary and discover the landmark memoirs and bestselling novels of the vietnam war. The top 30 vietnam war books from, which includes both fiction and nonfiction or the new york timess list of the best books about the vietnam war, which includes reader suggestions as well as the editors picks. The duality of these two novels exemplifies a tonal shift in american science fiction. 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.