Vietnam War category: 1155 books
by Lt. Gen. Ngo Quang Truong
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes over 25 maps and illustrations
This monograph forms part of the Indochina Monograph series written by senior military personnel from the former Army of the Republic of Vietnam who served against the northern communist invasion.
“A significant aspect of the South Vietnamese...
by Richard J. Toner
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2008
Portraits in Brass is an inside look at the personalities, leadership attributes and decision making abilities of some of our top military leaders in the '70s and '80s, written by one of the few direct, day-to-day observers during this critical period in our nation's history. As a member of the very...
by Don Harten
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Could the Vietnam War have been prevented? Only you can answer that after reading this thought provoking, fact-based book about the mission that would have left Ho Chi Minh in such a position of weakness that he would have been forced to negotiate an end to the war before it began.
Broken Arrow
How the U.S. Navy Lost a Nuclear Bomb
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2019
On 5 December 1965, the giant American aircraft carrier Ticonderoga was heading to Japan for rest and recreation for its 3,000 crew, following a month on ‘Yankee Station’ launching missions against targets in Vietnam.
Whilst fighting a real conflict and losing men in conventional warfare,...
Blackjack-34 (previously titled No Greater Love)
One Deadly Day of Courage, Carnage, and Ultimate Sacrifice for the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2010
“Here we go, I said to myself as my system electrified with the familiar rush of adrenaline.”
On July 18, 1967, Staff Sergeant James Donahue and the men of Special Forces Detachment A-304 were on an operation; code-name Blackjack-34. Their mission: to find and engage an enemy battalion...
Acceptable Loss
An Infantry Soldier's Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
In just ten months in Vietnam, he was overrun, shot up, but not underworked—he survived fifty-four missions as point man.
He has one hell of a story to tell.
You didn't get into the Rangers without volunteering, and you didn't stay on point unless you liked it. But after watching most of...
Death in the Jungle
Diary of a Navy Seal
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2011
SNAKES, VIPERS, CROCS, SHARKS, AND THE VC
With 257 combat missions in Vietnam under his belt, Gary Smith is a living witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare. He worked with some of the toughest and most highly motivated men in the world, executing missions in the murderous terrain of Rung...
by Keith Nolan
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2008
A vivid account of the 1970 springtime campaigns of the U.S. Army in South Vietnam along the Cambodia border, told from the soldier’s perspective with detailed battlefield tales
“Most of us remember [the 1970 Cambodian campaign] for the killings of four young people at Kent State. [Keith]...
A Life in a Year
The American Infantryman in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
This provocative in-depth book focuses on the experiences of the infantry soldier in Vietnam. More than 60 Army and Marine Corps infantrymen speak of their experiences during their year-long tours of duty.
Run Through the Jungle
Real Adventures in Vietnam with the 173Rd Airborne Brigade
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
An authentic account of combat with an airborne company in the waterlogged rice paddies and demanding jungles of South Vietnam. Share the experiences of fighting men under punishing conditions, extreme temperatures, and intense monsoon rains as they search for the enemy in the rugged mountains and...
Master Chief
Diary of a Navy Seal
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2011
The memoir of a man who spent most of his career facing death.
For UDT/SEAL team member Gary R. Smith, just being part of an elite military organization wasn’t enough—he had to be in the thick of the action. Because in bloody, violent Vietnam he learned there’s no stronger bond than the...
The Long Gray Line
The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
The first trade paperback edition of the New York Times best-seller about West Point's Class of 1966, by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Rick Atkinson.
This is the story of the twenty-five-year adventure of the generation of officers who fought in Vietnam. With novelistic detail, Atkinson...
LRRP Team Leader
A Memoir of Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2011
For the LRRPs, courage was a way of life
Vietnam, 1968. All of Sergeant John Burford's missions with F Company, 58th Infantry were deep in hostile territory. As leader of a six-man LRRP team, he found the enemy, staged ambushes, called in precision strikes, and rescued downed pilots. The lives...
Two One Pony
An American Soldier's Year in Vietnam, 1969
Language: English
Release Date: December 13, 2011
Thoughtful, reflective narrative of a reluctant soldier in Vietnam.