Dispatches
By: Michael Herr
4.22
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when…
Want to Read $ 14.99"for years now there had been no country here but the war."-Michael Herr, Dispatches
"for years now there had been no country here but the war."-Michael Herr, Dispatches
"And they were killers. Of course they were; what would anyone expect them to be?"-Michael Herr, Dispatches
"And they were killers. Of course they were; what would anyone expect them to be?"-Michael Herr, Dispatches
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1. A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
By: Philip Caputo
4.16
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The 40th-anniversary edition of the classic Vietnam memoir—featured in the PBS documentary series T… read more
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- american history
- biography
- memoir
- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
"The essence of the Marine Corps experience, I decided, was pain."-Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
"There was so much human suffering in these scenes that I could not respond to it."-Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
"Before you leave here, Sir, you’re going to learn that one of the most brutal things in the world is your average nineteen-year-old American boy."-Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
"We had survived, but in war, a man does not have to be killed or wounded to become a casualty. His life, his sight, or limbs are not the only things he stands to lose."-Philip Caputo, A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir
2. A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
By: Neil Sheehan
4.24
Format: 896 pages, Paperback
This passionate, epic account of the Vietnam War centres on Lt Col John Paul Vann, whose story illu… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- asia
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
"Malcolm Browne managed to take a photograph of Arnett [AP's Peter Arnett] standing behind Halberstam for protection a moment later, just before another plainclothesman sneaked up behind Browne and sm…"-Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
"Lieutenant Calley, who herded many of his victims into an irrigation ditch and filled it with their corpses, was the only officer or soldier to be convicted of a crime. He was charged with personally…"-Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
"The monks fought back in a Vietnamese way. On the morning of June 11, 1963, a seventy-three-year-old monk named Quang Duc sat down in the middle of a Saigon intersection a few blocks from Ambassador …"-Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
"He had scribbled a note in pencil giving Patton authority to assume command of the four American divisions in Tunisia the moment he landed there, and Patton had taken off again directly for the front…"-Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
3. The Best and the Brightest
By: David Halberstam
4.27
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
The Best and the Brightest is David Halberstam's masterpiece, the defining history of the making of… read more
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- american history
- biography
- history
- military fiction
- war
- nonfiction
"There was, I found, always more to learn."-David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest
"true wisdom ... is the product of hard-won, often bitter experience."-David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest
"Most journalists are impatient to get their legwork done and to start the actual writing"-David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest
"Among those dazzled by the Administration team was Vice-President Lyndon Johnson. After attending his first Cabinet meeting he went back to his mentor Sam Rayburn and told him with great enthusiasm h…"-David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest
4. Chickenhawk
By: Robert Mason
3.75
Format: 271 pages, Paperback
A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma … read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
5. What It is Like to Go to War
By: Karl Marlantes
4.00
Format: 257 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times bestseller Matterhorn, this is a powerful nonfiction book abo… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
"Thinking you might be crazy can drive you crazy."-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War
"The time for debilitating fear is before and after the mission."-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War
"Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body"-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War
"Everything is touched by the holy when it is in the presence of death."-Karl Marlantes, What It is Like to Go to War
6. Matterhorn
By: Karl Marlantes
3.30
Format: 107 pages,
A big, powerful saga of men in combat, written over the course of thirty-five years by a highly dec… read more
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- military fiction
- war
7. Vietnam: A History
By: Stanley Karnow
3.88
Format: None pages, Paperback
"The most comprehensive, up-to-date, and balanced account we have."--Boston Globe. "Superb, balance… read more
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- american history
- history
- asia
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
8. The Quiet American
By: Graham Greene , Robert Stone
3.13
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man… read more
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- asia
- war
9. The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
By: David Halberstam
3.79
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"In a grand gesture of reclamation & remembrance, Mr Halberstam has brought the war back home."--NY… read more
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- american history
- history
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
10. War
By: Sebastian Junger
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Hardcover
In his breakout bestseller, The Perfect Storm,Sebastian Junger created "a wild ride that brilliantl… read more
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11. Huế 1968: A Turning Point of the American War in Vietnam
By: Mark Bowden
3.36
Format: None pages, Hardcover
New York Times Bestseller "An extraordinary feat of journalism . . . full of emotion and color."--K… read more
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12. If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
By: Tim O'Brien
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF… read more
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13. Going After Cacciato
By: Tim O'Brien
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After Ca… read more
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14. The Sorrow of War: A Novel of North Vietnam
By: Bảo Ninh , None
4.43
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier, provides a strikingly honest look at how the Vietnam W… read more
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15. Dispatches
By: Michael Herr
4.22
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when… read more
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- american history
- biography
- memoir
- history
- asia
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
- journalism
"for years now there had been no country here but the war."-Michael Herr, Dispatches
"And they were killers. Of course they were; what would anyone expect them to be?"-Michael Herr, Dispatches
"We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything but stop."-Michael Herr, Dispatches
"When all the projections of intent and strategy twist and turn back on you, tracking team blood, 'sorry' just won't cover it. There's nothing so embarrassing as when things go wrong in a war."-Michael Herr, Dispatches
16. We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam
By: Harold G. Moore , Joseph L. Galloway
3.97
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both releva… read more
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17. Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam
By: Nick Turse
4.21
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Americans have long been taught that events such as the notorious My Lai massacre were isolated inc… read more
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18. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
By: Michael G. Kramer
4.29
Format: 470 pages, ebook
Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more
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- military history
- nonfiction
- history
- war
"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One
19. Magenta
By: John Payton Foden
4.27
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more
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- war
"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan, please, get to work. Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness. A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes. I do. Yo…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed. They silently passed…"-John Payton Foden, Magenta
20. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
By: Max Hastings
4.30
Format: 896 pages, Hardcover
An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bes… read more
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- american history
- history
- asia
- military fiction
- war
- military history
- nonfiction
"The merits of rival causes are never absolute. Even in the Second World War, the Western allied struggle against fascism was compromised by its reliance upon the tyranny of Stalin to pay most of the …"-Max Hastings, Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975
21. Trochu oheň, trochu voda
By: Andrej Bán
4.23
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
Krajiny bývalej Juhoslávie sú opäť spolu – v novej reportážnej knihe Andreja Bána! Na Balkánskom… read more
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- history
- journalism
- nonfiction
