Biographical Books on Vietnam War

VALLEY OF DECISION The Siege of Khe Sanh John Prados and Ray W. Stubbe Well documented and well written. It could have been scholarly boring but because the author used interviews it reads well. A remote mountain plateau, Khe Sanh provided a base for U.S. intelligence operations and secret forays into Laos. It could only be supplied by air and for 2 years was constantly under attack. indexed. notes. bibliography. interviews and debriefing. documentation. pictures. They seem to have it all

VERY CRAZY G.I.
Strange But True Stories of the Vietnam WAR
Kregg P. J. Jorgenson
@2001

Book of short stories collected by the author during his tenure as a senior editor at Behind the Lines magazine and as a columnist for various military-relted publications. He says the stories are suppose to be true but even he finds some of them far-fetched.

No Index. No pictures

VETERAN'S DAY.
A Combat Odyssey
Kregg Rod Kane
@1991

Here is Rod Kane's grueling account of war and survival, of a persaonal heel of flash-backs, madness, and a sometimes comic, always harrowing journey of drugs, self-destruction, activism and alienation. from the back of the book

No Index. No pictures

VICTORY IN VIET NAM
Mrs. Gordon H. Smith
@ 1965

Vietnam very early 1956-1964. Mrs. Smith and her husband were missionaries and this book is written from their advantage point. Very different from the military.

Book of short stories collected by the author during his tenure as a senior editor at Behind the Lines magazine and as a columnist for various military-relted publications. He says the stories are suppose to be true but even he finds some of them far-fetched.

No Index. plenty of pictures...

VIETNAM Hugh Higgins 1968 The books "principal theme is the lengthy struggle of the Vietnamese to regain their independece. It seeks to explain how and why their anti-colonial struggle became transformed into a conflict involving the world's major powers. indexed. pictures.

VIETNAM 1968-1969 A Battalion Surgeon's Journal Byron E. Holley, M.D. 1993 Byron Holley spent the longest year of his young life in Vietnam as a surgeon... he lived like a swamp rat in the boonies of the Mekong Delta. Index. Pictures

VIETNAM, 1969-1970 A Company Commander's Journal
Michael Lee Lanning
@1988

I am realizing the full burdens of being a company commander. description from the back of book

No Index. plenty of pictures...

VIETNAM ABOVE THE TREETOPS A Forward Air Controller Reports John F. Flanagan 1992 "From thrilling victory to searing tragedy, Flanagan's chronicle is factual and historically accurate - down to the call signs, bomb loads, and target coordinates. indexed. chronology and cast of principal characters, notes on sources, photo credits.

VIETNAM An American Ordeal George Donelson Moss 1990

The Author "... has managed to escape the passions of the sixties and the seventies to see clearly and objectively what happened and why."

Appendix. Index. Pictures. Chronology.

VIETNAM DIARY Richard Tregaskis 1964 Book won the 1964 Winner of the George Polk Award given by the Columbia Broadcasting System for reporting in any medium requiring exceptional courage and enterprise. Index.

VIETNAM The Heartland Remembers Stanley W. Beesley 1987 This book is a little irritating. Short interviews of 35 men and women. It does not give specific information. Dates are lacking, location lacking, names of participants. The stories are vivid and personal. Index. VIETNAM A History Stanley Karnow The Bestselling companion to the PBS series... The first complete account of Vietnam at war from front page indexed. chronology and cast of principal characters, notes on sources, photo credits.

VIET NAM History, Documents, and Opinions on a Major World Crisis edited by Marvin E. Gettleman Here are materials on which statesmen and policymakers rely and which will enable the reader to understand our involement. from front page indexed. maps

VIETNAM
Lotus in a Sea of Fire
Thich Nhat Hanh
@ 1967

Thich Nhat Hanh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and a scholar and poet.
No Index or pictures...

VIETNAM MEDAL OF HONOR HEROES Edward F. Murphy 1987 Well documented and well written. It could have been scholarly boring but because the author used interviews it reads well. A remote mountain plateau, Khe Sanh provided a base for U.S. intelligence operations and secret forays into Laos. It could only be supplied by air and for 2 years was constantly under attack. indexed. notes. bibliography. interviews and debriefing. documentation. pictures. They seem to have it all

VIETNAM The Other Side of Glory William R. Kimball 1987 The most readable, gut-wrenching collection of first-person accounts of soldiers who underwent the most horrible brutalization and maiming in combat, and still came out alive description from book No indexed. Pictures of the featured soldiers. Each chapter credited to the following person: William L. Landreth, Robert L. Peragallo, David E. Knight, Phil J. Huss, Bill H. Baldwin, Clebe McClary, Myrl Allinder, Jere Fullerton Sr., Lynn Hampton, John L. Steer, Martin J. Glennon, David C. Shaffer, Mason Ronald E., Eugene "Red" McDaniel,

THE VIETNAM NORTH Wilfred G. Burchett @1966 indexed. pictures

THE VIETNAM WAR America at War Maurice Isserman & John Bowman, General Editor 1992 A new series from Facts on File. indexed. Pictures.

THE VIETNAM WAR The Illustrated history of the conflict in Southeast Asia edited by Ray Bonds indexed.

THE VILLAGE
Bing West
@2003

Few American battles have been so extended, savage and personal. A hadful of Americans volunteered to live among six thousand Vietnamese, training farmers to defend their village.

No Index. Pictures

VOICES FROM VIETNAM
Barry Deneberg
@ 1995

The war done with direct quotes from many many sources. Presented in a kinda chronological order. It combines letters home to official memos from President

No Index or pictures... Lots of quoteable material.

VOICES OF COURAGE
The Battle For Khe Sanh, Vietnam
Ronald J. Drez and Douglas Brinkley
@ 1995

"...a gripping narrative addressing every aspect of the battle, interwoven with testimonials from soldiers who fought at Khe Sanh."

No Index. Pictures. 2 CDs.