Vietnam War category: 1155 books
Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid
Tales of Reconnaissance in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2014
Flying a Phantom RF-4C reconnaissance jet amidst air combat—the remarkable technical details, the mission, the derring-do—and the 19 nonflying hours a day: All this told in a gripping series of vignettes by a former pilot of a U.S. Air Force photo reconnaissance jet stationed at an airbase in...
Land With No Sun
A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2006
A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in Vietnam.
Nine Days in May
The Battles of the 4th Infantry Division on the Cambodian Border, 1967
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Moving through the jungle near the Cambodian border on May 18, 1967, a company of American infantry observed three North Vietnamese Army regulars, AK-47s slung over their shoulders, walking down a well-worn trail in the rugged Central Highlands. Startled by shouts of “Lai day, lai day” (“Come...
For Self and Country
For the Wounded in Vietnam the Journey Home Took More Courage Than Going into Battle
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
Just a few months after enlisting in the Marine Corps and being sent to Vietnam, nineteen-year-old Rick Eilert was seriously injured in combat and transferred to Great Lakes Naval Hospital in Illinois for a long and painful recovery. Eilert tells not only his own story but the stories of the men around...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
The U.S. Naval Institute Wheel Books provide valuable information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to all naval professionals. Drawn from the U.S. Naval Institute's vast archives, the series combines articles from the Institute's flagship publication Proceedings, selections...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2016
The U.S. Naval Institute Wheel Books provide valuable information, pragmatic advice, and cogent analysis on topics important to all naval professionals. Drawn from the U.S. Naval Institute's vast archives, the series combines articles from the Institute's flagship publication Proceedings, selections...
When Should A Commander Be Relieved?
A Study Of Combat Reliefs Of Commanders Of Battalions And Lower Units During The Vietnam Era
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
This study attempts to determine when commanders of battalions and lower units should be relieved during combat. The investigation analyzed actual reliefs during the Vietnam era to determine why the commanders were relieved, the availability of replacements, the role of counselling, and the effect...
Company Grade
Memoir of an Angry Skipper
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
From an early age Henry "Rocky" Colavita dreamed of becoming an Army officer. And a policeman. He eventually did both. His engaging, often funny memoir covers the author's 20 year career in the U.S. Army, including multiple tours in Vietnam, and his subsequent 17 year career in law enforcement....
Quang Tri Cadence
Memoir of a Rifle Platoon Leader in the Mountains of Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Having flunked out of college in the fall of 1965, the author enlisted in the U.S. Army. After basic training he was assigned to Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, Georgia, an institution dedicated to the manufacture of the commodity the wartime army most quickly expends—rifle platoon leaders....
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Language: Italian
Release Date: February 13, 2018
Tutte le guerre sono combattute due volte, la prima volta sul campo di battaglia, la seconda nella memoria. In Niente muore mai, Viet Thanh Nguyen torna a parlare dell’argomento che più gli sta a cuore: il Vietnam e la memoria della guerra. Dall’autore del romanzo vincitore del premio Pulitzer...
Tragedy at Chu Lai
Reconstructing a Deadly Grenade Accident in a U.S. Army Classroom in Vietnam, July 10, 1969
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
Nicky Venditti, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot with a love of fast cars and practical jokes, went to Vietnam in 1969 and was dead in 11 days, killed by an Americal Division grenade training explosion at Chu Lai. The full story of the incident did not come out until the author, David Venditta (a different...
by Richard Elliott
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011
This is the story of a young kid fresh out of high school who joins the Navy to get an education. He got an education, but not the one he had expected.
Follow him through boot camp, Vietnam, "A" school, and out into the fleet. He gets sent to Vietnam three times, loses his best friend,...
America's Needless Wars
Cautionary Tales of US Involvement in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
This eye-opening book takes a unique approach to the history of U.S. foreign policy by examining three unrelated conflicts, all of which ended tragically and resulted in the deaths of millions on both sides. By analyzing what went wrong in each case, the author uncovers a pattern of errors that should...
Gone Native
An NCO's Story
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
On his first combat assignment, Cornett accompanied the Vietnamese Rangers on a search-and-destroy mission near Khe Sang. There he gained entree into a culture that he would ultimately respect greatly and admire deeply. Cornett's most challenging military duty began when he joined the Phoenix Program....