Vietnam War category: 1155 books
Seal Doc
The Story of the First Us Navy Seal Team in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
A small team from the US Navy arrives in Vietnam in the spring of 1962. At first, its members only hear whispers about what they are supposed to accomplish. The unit goes by the name MTT 10-62 because its mission is so secret. This is the first Sea, Air and Land team—later known as the SEALs—and...
Street Without Joy
The French Debacle in Indochina
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2018
First published in 1961 by Stackpole Books, Street without Joy is a classic of military history. Journalist and scholar Bernard Fall vividly captured the sights, sounds, and smells of the brutal— and politically complicated—conflict between the French and the Communist-led Vietnamese nationalists...
Five Years to Freedom
The True Story of a Vietnam POW
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2011
When Green Beret Lieutenant James N. Rowe was captured in 1963 in Vietnam, his life became more than a matter of staying alive.
In a Vietcong POW camp, Rowe endured beri-beri, dysentery, and tropical fungus diseases. He suffered grueling psychological and physical torment. He experienced the...
Backtracking in Brown Water
Retracing Life on Mekong Delta River Patrols
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
Damn you Rolly, you succeeded in taking me back to Vinh Long and Advisory Team 68, after a more than 40 year absence. I thank you for honoring all who served, but especially patriots like Bob Olson and Walt Gutowski, Army guys that I knew well. They were great men whose spirit and professionalism...
by Sandy MacGregor, Jimmy Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014
THE FIRST TUNNEL RATSThis is the thrilling, hilarious and inspiring true story of a ragtag band of Aussie Army Engineers who redefined the word heroes ... and reinvented larrikin too.Among the first Australians to fight in Vietnam, they faced death every day defusing Viet Cong booby traps—then...
by Gordon L. Rottman
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Evolved from the colonial units created by the French, this book discusses the original reorganization of these forces into the first national army. Complete with a detailed history of the command structure and orders of battle, the author also sheds light on the little known divisional histories...
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by Captain Moyers S. Shore II USMC
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Includes more than 10 maps and 20 Illustrations
“The Marines’ heroic defense of the Khe Sanh area against numerically superior North Vietnamese forces stands out among the many battles fought to defend the Republic of Vietnam against Communist aggression.
“The enemy’s primary objective of...
Outside the Wire
Riding with the "Triple Deuce" in Vietnam, 1970
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2013
Thoughtful, action-packed memoir of one American soldier's combat tour in Vietnam in 1970
by Jonathan Bernstein
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Bell's AH-1 Cobra was the first dedicated helicopter gunship to reach frontline service anywhere in the world. Developed as a private venture by the manufacturer, and based on the mechanics of the ubiquitous UH-1 Huey, the Cobra proved a huge success once introduced into combat with the US Army in...
by John Olivere
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
A moving, thought provoking and honest account of combat in Vietnam. The true story of the many challenges faced by an infantry company in 1968. It may well answer many questions you might still have since the hasty withdrawal of America from that troubled land. We Regret To Inform You... is a brief...
Leading the Way
How Vietnam Veterans Rebuilt the U.S. Military: An Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2011
"Required reading for anyone seeking a valid perspective on America's military over the past three decades." Kirkus Reviews
Fifty-six combat veterans, from senior sergeants to generals, reveal in their own words how a small group of courageous, determined men and women brought the U.S. military...
by Brig. Gen. Tran Dinh Tho
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Includes over 30 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.
Pacification is the military, political, economic,...
Accidental Soldier
A Reserve Officer at West Point in the Vietnam Era
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2009
Accidental Soldier depicts Richard B. Schwartz's military experiences, first as an ROTC cadet at the University of Notre Dame and finally as an Army veteran teaching in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1959, Vietnam was little more than a word on a map; within ten years, Americans saw the Tet Offensive and...
My Tour in Hell
A Marine's Battle with Combat Trauma
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
David W. Powell enlisted for a tour of duty in April 1966 with the US Marines after receiving an imminent draft notice. Believing he would be able to leverage his existing skills as a computer programmer, he never thought all they would see on his resume was his Karate expertise. Even less that he...