Now in its second edition, the encyclopedia of the vietnam war. The vietnam war the usa became involved in vietnam because it feared the spread of communism. Opposition to united states involvement in the vietnam war. The sentiment was given voice in numerous protest songs, perhaps most poignantly by credence clearwater revival in fortunate son. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Transcripts and other resouces from the pbs series whos who in vietnam the history place. Veteran narratives and the collective memory of the vietnam war is a landmark study of the cultural heritage of the war in vietnam as presented through the experience of its american participants. More than forty years after it ended, the vietnam war continues to haunt our country. The vietnam war has scarred, transformed and inspired countless writers and art practitioners. All this week, i will be marking the fiftieth anniversary of those marines going ashore at da nang by posting my favorite vietnam war books, memoirs, novels, movies, photos, and songs. What american textbooks say about vietnam, and about americans attitudes toward war posted on 11 january 2017 by gem report this blog examines what a countrys textbooks can tell us about their attitude towards war, and in particular how coverage of the vietnam war has changed over time in american textbooks. When i think back to reading either book for the first time, and other vietnam war books, the memories that come to me are of the owl coffee mug i. Hastingss emphasis on the soldiers war gives his book a lopsided feel. Hanois road to the vietnam war, 19541965 rakuten kobo. Navigate to the global search form search landmark. A special collection about the vietnam war is presented in both print books and ebook formats by the naval history and heritage command, plus you will also find other narrative monographs and commemorative resources published by the us department of army center of military history, joint chiefs of staff, and more. Determined to maintain their code of conduct, the pows developed a powerful underground resistance.
The powerful words in these eleven books help us understand a complicated time in our recent history, and the political and personal legacy that it still carries. Westmoreland has long been derided for his failed strategy of attrition in the vietnam war. The vietnam war left a gash in the heart of america that can still be felt today. It is divided into five sections which address american presidents and the war, the conduct of the war in the field, the impact of the tet offensive, the meaning of the war and its lasting legacies. Recognized as the ultimate text for those working with vietnam veterans, the books insights have had enormous influence among psychologists and psychiatrists all over the world. Herr commands one of the great voices in american literature, and is so overwhelming, so powerful, that he can, like hemingway, wreak havoc on the style of wouldbe writers who would fall. Written for a nonmilitary audience, this book chronicles and analyzes the twenty year struggle to maintain south vietnamese independence. The war in vietnam had an effect on those elections. In vietnam, all us forces were ordered to cease fighting and that included air assets as well as the ground troops. While the list of books about this conflict includes hundreds of enlightening works, we pick ten of the best texts offering illuminating perspectives on the war, its context and the effects it had on vietnam. The lessons learned from this tragic conflict continue to have great relevance in todays world. The vietnam war lasted more than a decade, was the longest war in u. Hanois road to the vietnam war, 19541965 by pierre asselin. With half a million us troops on the ground and almost twice that number of allies, the year was to see the largestscale battles in the conflict so far.
Hopefully the author will continue to turn on the topic of north vietnams strategy and politics as further sources. During the four years following passage of the tonkin gulf resolution aug. Enough books novels and nonfiction have been published about the vietnam war and its aftermath to fill a modestsized library. What american textbooks say about vietnam, and about. The vietnam war came home in scattered flashes of horror and memory. It was part of a larger regional conflict as well as a manifestation of the cold war. As with all great books this book asks more questions than gives answers. Welcome to alpha historys selection of vietnam war books. Infantry in the war for south viet nam in the war for south viet nam, anthony james joes addresses a side not often studied in the range of texts available on the viet nam war. The best vietnam war books five books expert recommendations. Committee to aid the national liberation front of south vietnam multiple formats at. This movement informed and helped shape the vigorous and polarizing debate, primarily in the united states, during the second half of the 1960s and early 1970s on how to end the war. A vietnam war combat nurses 10year fight to win women a place of honor in washington, d. It escalated from a vietnamese civil war into a limited international conflict in which the united states was deeply involved, and did not end.
Books on the viet nam war published by the merriam press. Wood unearths truths embedded in the memoirists treatments of combat. Before he penned the screenplays for jarhead and castaway, a young william broyles enlisted to serve in the vietnam war. There was also a more moderate opposition to the war from clergy, elected politicians, and people such as dr. Philip caputo was a marine who later became a very wellknown journalist. The prowar movement university of massachusetts press. These include winners of national book awards and pulitzer prizes, both fiction and nonfiction. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. On april 15, 1967, the spring mobilizations massive march against the vietnam war from central park to the united nations attracted hundreds of thousands of people, including dr. Americas battle over vietnam and millions of other books are. The vietnam war was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of north vietnam against south vietnam and its principal ally, the united states. Many think this is the best single volume on the war.
Vietnam war, 19611975 personal narratives, american. The best histories of the vietnam war council on foreign. Created in association with the smithsonian institution, this authoritative guide chronicles americas fight against communism in southeast asia during the 1960s and 1970s, and comprehensively explores the people, politics, events, and lasting effects of the vietnam war. Discover book depositorys huge selection of vietnam war books online.
Warren describes much more than how giap defeated the us in the vietnam war. A vietnam war booklist 10072017 10312018 otis library norwich click on the bookdvd titles in the list below to view items in our catalog, check availability, and request items. After we posted this article, times readers weighed in with their favorite books on the vietnam war. For a decade following the vietnam war, vietnam s economy was plagued with inefficiency and corruption in state programs, poor quality and underproduction, and restrictions on economic activity. Choose from used and new textbooks or get instant access with etextbooks and digital materials. Hanois road to the vietnam war opens in 1954 with the signing of the geneva accords that ended the eightyearlong fran. Historians have argued that westmorelands strategy placed a premium on high body counts through a big unit war that relied almost solely on search and destroy missions. Jim parker had 5 years on the battlefield, serving initially as a 22 year old 2nd lt platoon leader with the 1st division that gyroed over from fort riley. The vietnam war has remained controversial since its onset. Hall crossroads chronologically arranges 11 chapterlong essays by as many vietnam scholars, whose works devote detailed retrospective descriptions to all perspectives relevant to the war, from. Online shopping for history from a great selection of military and vietnam war used, new and collectible books. The primary source material really makes this book. Among the most positive is an abundance of topnotch books, many written by veterans of the conflict.
Discover librarianselected research resources on vietnam war from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines. A recent pew survey found that 95 percent of the vietnamese people support. More than a decade later, he returned to his former battlegrounds and recorded his journey in goodbye vietnam. Crossing disciplinary borders in ways rarely attempted by historians, john a. The expert on war misunderstands domestic opposition to fighting in. Not only one of the best books about the vietnam war, but one of the best nonfiction books written by an american. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war.
Throughout the decades that followed the vietnam war, there have been countless books written about the vietnam war from various perspectives. Vietnam project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. In the vast literature on the vietnam war, much has been written about the antiwar movement and its influence on u. An uncommon proof, and one of the most important books on the war. On some level, many who opposed the war and some who supported it feel guilty, still. The opposition republican party generally supported the presidents war efforts. Three are novels, two of which were written by vietnam war veterans. Vietnam war, 19611975 personal narratives, american include extended shelves you can also browse an alphabetical list from this subject or from. Sep 20, 2015 it shaped the way that the majority of u. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our. Aug 07, 2012 a mustread for everybody who is interested in insurgency strategies.
Gi opposition to the vietnam war, 19651973 howard zinn libcom. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. Elsewhere, the seach will be visibly opened after this button is selected. Online shopping for vietnam war from a great selection at books store. Winner of the 2016 pulitzer prize for fiction, this debut novel could fit into half a dozen genres of vietnam war books from war narrative to immigrant story, from mystery to political, from metafiction to. This book is a collection of essays that seeks to examine the current state of scholarship on the war and its aftermath. North vietnams and nlf books available from a us support committee ds556. The sorrow of war, a novel of north vietnam bao ninh. Vietnam war 195475, conflict that pitted the communist government of north vietnam and its allies in south vietnam, the viet cong, against south vietnam and its principal ally, the united states. Vietnam war nonfiction books for sale in stock ebay. Ten vietnam war novels to read council on foreign relations. American soldiers to support fulro because we were not in vietnam to support rebellion against the south vietnamese government.
Opposition to united states involvement in the vietnam war began with demonstrations in 1964 against the escalating role of the united states in the vietnam war and grew into a broad social movement over the ensuing several years. Robinson, which came out in 20, is now available in paperback university press of kentucky, 296 pp. List of books and articles about vietnam war online. The vietnam war remains one of the most contentious events in american history. In my mind its one of the first really wellwritten books that describe the moral ambiguities and difficulties faced by a young marine officer in this particular war. Changing views of the war in the usa the vietnam war. In this book, sandra scanlon shifts attention to those americans who supported the war and explores the war s impact on the burgeoning conservative political movement of the 1960s and early 1970s. Tell me about the first book on your list, a rumor of war 1977. Jan 25, 2003 some time in 1969 in paris, i first read armies of the night, norman mailers account of the anti vietnam war march on the pentagon. The following texts are used and recommended by alpha history authors. The war for south viet nam, 19541975 by anthony james joes. The media reported stories damaging to support for the war, albeit from an objective stance, and its effect could have been compounded by a vicious cycle.
National mobilization committee to end the war in vietnam. The violence, tragedy, bravery, and loss of the vietnam war has been memorialized in countless novels and works of nonfiction. Detailed timeline of the war, 194575 the pentagon papers documents on the vietnam war personal accounts of the vietnam war a vietnamese perspective on the war vietnam war maps west point atlas of american wars detailed maps of vietnam. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Sinovietnamese war reeducation camp vietnam boat people vietnam war casualties opposition to the vietnam war opposition to the u. Oct 03, 2008 alistair cook on the cost of the vietnam war. We had been aware of that 1967 affair, but it paled by. In agreeing to the accords, ho chi minh and other leaders of the democratic republic of vietnam anticipated a new period of peace leading to national reunification under their rule. A friend he had made at the chapel brought him books, and he noted a. Vietnam and americas cold war experience, 19451991 charlevoix books, 588 pp.
Women journalists and the american experience in vietnam. Historian howard zinn on the opposition to the vietnam war by american soldiers. Influence of the media on the vietnam war ukessays. A photographic history features the images and stories that document this tumultuous era, revealing sides of the war military and press photographers, camerawielding soliders, and civilians all took the opportunity to record the harrowing events of the 1960s and early 70s. Discover the best vietnam war history in best sellers. It also suffered from the post war trade embargo instituted by the united states and most of europe.
A slew of war memoirs stand with the best writing of that genre. List of books and articles about vietnam war online research. Shortlisted for canadas prestigious giller prize, this profoundly humane novel vancouver sun, wrings suspense and humor out of the everyday choices we make, revealing the delicate balance between sacrifice and selfinterest, doing good and being good. Benjamin spock, who marched and spoke at the event. This riveting history includes a clear discussion of the roots of u. I dont think that unless a greater effort is made by the government to win popular support that the war can be won out there. Many books deal with the vietnam war itself, but here, collected in one volume for the first time, are the rich stories of those who fought and those who, for whatever reason, chose not to, played out against the backdrop of the 60s and early 70sthe music, the drugs, the sexual revolution, the civil rights movement, and the generation gap. This is the amazing story of one man who came early and stayed late.
Dec 04, 20 during the late 1960s and early 1970s, i often heard the expression rich mans war, poor mans fight in the context of the vietnam war but gave little thought to the expressions origins. By 1967 the students for a democratic society sds invoked the language of revolution in its denunciations of the war in vietnam as an inevitable consequence of american imperialism. Last week we asked readers for their favorite books on vietnam and the vietnam war. The usa were unable to defeat the vietcong and were met with growing opposition to the war back home. I wish that this 1,000th letter from america could be about the spring or american children, or any one of. He describes how giap is a leading strategist during the countries struggle for independence from 19451975. From his encounters with exvietnamese soldiers to interviews with victims of his own violence, broyles memoir is a reminder of how the brotherhood of man can. Read hanois road to the vietnam war, 19541965 by pierre asselin available from rakuten kobo. Antiwar marches and other protests, such as the ones organized by students for a democratic society sds, attracted a widening base of support over the next three years, peaking in early 1968 after the successful tet offensive by north vietnamese troops proved that war s end was nowhere in sight.
The general who defeated america in vietnam by james a. Mar 12, 2015 three million americans served in southeast asia during the vietnam war. List of books and articles about vietnam antiwar movement. He begins with a history of vietnam before and after french occupation, the cold war origins of american involvement, the domestic impact of american policies on public support, and the reasons for the ultimate failure of u. Recommended books from and about vietnam internet archive. These omissions represent my arguments for the conclusion that the media did have some impact on the course of the vietnam war, and they are discussed below. In home from the war, the awardwinning author and noted psychiatrist robert jay lifton offers a powerful critique of american militarism during the vietnam war.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. How young vietnamese view the vietnam war the atlantic. The antivietnam war movement, along with the civil rights struggle, also helped stimulate greater interest in strategic nonviolent action as an alternative to war and violence as well as a greater interest in the creation of alternative lifestyles and institutions. During the vietnam war, hundreds of american prisonersofwar faced years of brutal conditions and horrific torture at the hands of north vietnamese guards and interrogators who ruthlessly plied them for military intelligence and propaganda. The vietnam war rallies and protests started on college campuses and became a massive movement that helped shape public opinion and government policy. Purchasing these books through the book depository is a great way for you to save money, while supporting alpha history.
Wehrle page images at hathitrust personalities of the liberation movement of south vietnam 1965, by u. Revised 2nd edition seminar studies in history 2nd by hall, mitchell k. The essential reference guide provides a compendium of the key people, places, organizations, treaties, and events that make up the history of the war, explaining its causes, how it was conducted, and its farreaching consequences. Since the end of the vietnam war, hundreds of books have been written in an attempt to examine, explain, define and even reimagine what that war was really like, and what it was all about. These 10 books, in addition to the ones below, were recommended multiple times. We deal in rare books, specializing in modern literary first editions. Schmitz, a whitman college history professor and u. Clearly the understanding of the vietnam war is only now beginning as the archives in hanoi open up.
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