Caught between the americans and the vietcong, the authors family and village gets ripped apart by the tensions of guerrilla warfare. The author, based the story on his experience as a u. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The sorrow of war has gained international acclaim for its brutal honesty and has won numerous awards both in vietnam and around the world. Usa today s bob minzesheimer recommends books by 10 authors. The companion volume to burns vietnam war documentary series on pbs, the book stands alone as a powerful summary of the whole conflict. It tells the story of the war from every conceivable angle, including that of the young vietnamese fighters. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war.
The ultimate 2020 list of best vietnam books to read. This book is widely viewed as the best concise history of the vietnam war. No other book makes you feel the destruction the war brought to vietnamese society like this one. Edited by stewart onan, the vietnam reader is a powerful collection covering the breadth of the vietnam war and its impact. Larry heinemann, a vietnam veteran who drew on his war experiences in two wellreceived novels one of which, pacos story, startled the literary world when it won the national book. While many people understand that the vietnam war was physically brutal and left many veterans traumatized, they fail to recognize the underlying psychological damage of fighting an enemy who has superior knowledge of the terrain. The story of kim phuc, the photograph, and the vietnam war by. Best literature about the vietnam war 283 books goodreads. The first one, going after cacciato, was very surreal. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading tiger bravos war. Discover the best vietnam war history in best sellers. The best books about vietnam as a country, not just the vietnam war. The true story of the firebase pace incidents and the vietnam drawdown modern war studies only 2 left in stock more on the way.
Across the pond by michael mccormick is the story of a young american who fights in vietnam for his country, but is rejected when he returns from the war. Some of the books depict life on the battlefield, while. These vietnam war stories can be a great resource for american history lessons on the vietnam war, and they can also be helpful when discussing americas. The vietnam war in american stories, songs, and poems by h. More than forty years after it ended, the vietnam war continues to haunt our country. Among the best books ever written about men in combat, the killing zone tells the story of the platoon of delta onesix, capturing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that this war was worth the sacrifice. The ten best memoirs of the vietnam war council on. Herr commands one of the great voices in american literature, and is so overwhelming, so powerful, that he can, like hemingway, wreak havoc on the style of wouldbe writers who would fall under his spell. The story follows an anonymous north vietnamese narrator whos acting as a mole in the south vietnamese army and is sent to an exile. From the awardwinning historian and filmmakers of the civil war, baseball, the war, the roosevelts, and others. The untold story of spies, saboteurs, and covert warriors in north vietnam by richard h. Popular vietnam war books showing 150 of 2,547 the things they carried paperback by. Vietnam war at amazon vietnam war on dvd at amazon vietnam war kindle books.
One of the most controversial wars in modern history, we pick ten of the best texts which offer illuminating perspectives on the vietnam war, its context and its. It is an illustrated memoir of one familys journey from war torn vietnam. This book is a great read if you enjoy reading books about the vietnam war. The following books for children and young people present vietnam war stories in age appropriate ways. Follow along on a journey with corporal roger sanchez united states marine corps, a combat infantry marine during the vietnam war. Learn about vietnam war protests, the tet offensive, the my lai massacre, the pentagon papers and more. Diving into a book about the vietnam war can be a daunting task.
National book awardwinning novel based on the authors experiences with the army in vietnam. The novel presents warfare from a nonheroic perspective, removing all romantic connotations of war, and is renowned for its harsh descriptions of all aspects of the vietnam war. Ten vietnam war novels to read council on foreign relations. An interactive modern history adventure by michael burgan. Not only one of the best books about the vietnam war, but one of the best nonfiction books written by an american. For viewers of the ken burns pbs documentary on the vietnam war, here are some more stories you might love. Ia drang the battle that changed the war in vietnam paperback by.
The book includes a new chapter on what happened to the platoon members when they came home. Obrien draws on his own war experiences in this collection of interlinked short stories that the new york times book. A time in american history that divided a nation and a generation. Before he penned the screenplays for jarhead and castaway, a young william broyles enlisted to serve in the vietnam war. Vietnam war the true story of the vietnam war and one mans sufferings. More than a decade later, he returned to his former battlegrounds and recorded his journey in goodbye vietnam. Online shopping for vietnam war history books in the books store. The true story behind an iconic vietnam war photo was. His third book about the war, it is based upon his experiences as a soldier in the 23rd infantry division.
Ready to read the most celebrated and best vietnam war books. If you were to read only one book on the vietnam war, the vietnam reader should be it. The things they carried is a series of short stories involving those things. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
From his encounters with exvietnamese soldiers to interviews with victims of his own violence, broyles memoir is a reminder of how the brotherhood of man can overcome. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. A slew of war memoirs stand with the best writing of that genre. The girl in the picture tells the story of not only of how the photo came to be.
Matterhorn by karl marlantes, the things they carried by tim obrien, the th valley by john m. The best vietnam war books, as recommended by vietnam war vet karl marlantes. The epic story, from 1807 to modern times oct 9, 2018. New book proves murder, rape and torture were not the exception in vietnam, they were the norm. The best histories of the vietnam war council on foreign. The vietnam war stands as one of the pivotal moments in recent u.
Within these personal essays from people who took part in the filming of the vietnam war, are lessons about what happened, what it. The things they carried by tim obrien, we were soldiers once. Three vietnam war veterans share their stories login. An epic year with an elite airborne rifle company of the 101st airborne divisions wandering warriors, during the height of the vietnam war kindle edition by st john, rick. Im not sure these were the exact words, but it hits a central truth, which will be central to you while you read my book. A novel of the vietnam war is a novel by american author and decorated marine karl marlantes.
The true story behind an iconic vietnam war photo was nearly erased until now feb. I like this book because it was his second book about vietnam. Thousands of books have been written about vietnam with no mention of widespread sexual assault. Among the most positive is an abundance of topnotch books, many written by veterans of the conflict. An oral history of the vietnam war by black veterans, by. The story is a journey from innocents, to the reality of the dark nature of man. The top 30 vietnam war books to read this winter historynet. The vietnam war in the words of the men and women who. It is a graphic novel and the story is told in a beautiful emotional voice. These include winners of national book awards and pulitzer prizes, both fiction and nonfiction. Enough books novels and nonfiction have been published about the vietnam war and its aftermath to fill a modestsized library. The best vietnam war books five books expert recommendations. The vietnam war lasted about 40 years and involved several countries. After we posted this article, times readers weighed in with their favorite books on the vietnam war.
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. While those books all provide excellent analyses of the war, another way to understand u. Childrens and middle grade year of the jungle by suzanne collins. Trip to vietnam i heard during my tour the difference between a fairy tale and a war story is that one starts with once upon a time and the other with this is no shit. In the short history of vietnam war literature, publishers would hardly touch a book on the war until the late 1970s and early 1980sa part of the selfinduced. Bruce franklin the first college anthology of american literature about the vietnam war brings together 16 stories, 5 songs, and 63 poems in an affordable text for literature and history courses. Fredrik logevalls book focuses on the french conflict in vietnam at the end of world war ii and the beginning of the american one in 1959. The things they carried 1990 is a collection of linked short stories by american novelist tim obrien, about a platoon of american soldiers fighting on the ground in the vietnam war. The inaugural edition of sog chronicles volume one will be the first in a series of books focusing on the many untold stories from that eightyear secret war where green berets went deep behind enemy lines without conventional support from artillery, tanks, or ground support troops where communist forces massed 50,000100,000 troops to combat.
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