Biographical Books on Vietnam War

ACCEPTABLE LOSS
Kregg P. J. Jorgenson
@1991

In just ten months in Vietnam, he was overrun, shot up, but Not underworked - he survived fifty-four missions as point man.

No Index. Personal pictures with maps.

ACTS OF WAR The Behavior of Men in Battle Richard Holmes @ 1986 The First systematic examination of the behavior of men in war. from book Index and Pictures.

THE ADVISOR Lieutenant Colonel John L. Cook @1973 1970. This is a story about one district - Di An p and how it was affected by the war. No Index. No photographs. Pencil sketches

AFTERMATH A Soldier's Return From Vietnam
Frederick Downs, Jr.
@1984

Frederick Downs Second Book... his first was The Killing Zone It contains more of his story of life in Vietnam and his recovery from the wound that took his left arm and mutilated his body.

No Index or pictures. Pencil drawings

AIR AMERICA Christopher Robbins @1985 The Explosive inside story of the CIA's Supersecret Airline Indexed. No Picture

AIR COMMANDO Fifty years of the USAF Air Commando and Special Operations Forces, 1944-1994 Philip D. Chinnery @1997 Indexed. Pictures

AIR WAR: VIETNAM Frank Harvey @1967 No Index. No photographs. Pencil sketches of aircraft and weapons.

AIRBORNE The History of American parachute Forces Edwin P. Hoyt @1979 Edwin P. Hoyt is a well known author of military histories. Indexed. Pictures and Maps.

ALPHA STRIKE VIETNAM The Navy's Air War, 1964 to 1973 Jeffrey L. Levinson @1990 No Index. General photographs of ships and aircraft.

AMERICA IN VIETNAM Guenter Lewy @1978 This book began as an effort to find answers to some of the factual uncertainties and moral ambiguities created by the war in Vietnam. first sentence in Preface Indexed. No pictures

AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR The United States and Vietnam 1950-1975 George C. Herring @1979 A history of the Vietnam conflict Indexed. No pictures

Second Edition AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR The United States and Vietnam 1950-1975 George C. Herring @1986 A history of the Vietnam conflict Indexed. No pictures

APACHE SUNRISE A Cobra pilot's life-and-death experiences in Vietnam's legendary Apache Troop, 1st of the 9th, Air Cavalry Jerome M. Doyle @ 1994 Jerome M. Boyle is a native Californian and a former policeman in Ventura CA. Among the medals and decorations awarded to him for his service in Vietnam are the Silver Star, three Distinguished Flying Crosses, five Bronze Stars, and two Army Commendation Medals for Valor. His service as a Cobra pilot began Mar 1970. Description from book No Index. Boyle does acknowledge men mentioned in the book and has provided some photographs.

ARMORED COMBAT IN VIETNAM General Donn A. Starry @ 1980 This book was written by a task force at Fort Knox 1973-1976. Index. Photographs, Diagrams and Maps

THE ARNHEITER AFFAIR
Neil Sheehan
@1973

The stunning true story of Captain Marcus Aurelius Arnheilter, commander of the U.S.S. Vance, who for 99 days on duty off the coast of Vietnam methodically drove his men to the brink of madness. description from back of book

No Index or pictures.

ASSAULT ON KHE SANH: An Oral History Eric Hammel @ 1990 They were Marines - trained to attack, not defend. But in 1968 they held three strategic, fog-enshrouded hilltops near the Laotian border in Vietnam - the combat base at Khe Sanh - that would become the site of a ferocious North Vietnamese assault. description from the book Index. Photographs, Diagrams and Maps