The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War26 reviews Frederick Downs W. W. Norton, 1993 Written as Remembered. That's Important + This was a terrific read ! + Really interesting book. + Action             American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day19 reviews Robert Coram Little, Brown and Company, 2007 No dusty history here: this is the stuff of legends. It's a great read. + Incredible Book!! + Where Do We Get Such Men? + American Patriot + should be required reading in schools             Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu37 reviews Bernard B. Fall Da Capo Press, 2002 History Brought to Life + A book legend among my Vietnam Vet friends + The Indochina War + Absolutely Riveting - Tactical/operational level study of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu from the French perspective + Absorbing and comprehensive             Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent9 reviews Larry Berman Collins, 2007 You Cannot Have it Both Ways + Dad loved this book! + Interesting, and Eerie! I might not be as forgiving as some people, but I certainly would have felt betrayed by this man. He seeks to justify everything by stating that he felt the Americans did not belong in Vietnam. Maybe so. But what he did was so deceiful.To just look at the fact that he often helped those closest and ...             Hill 48817 reviews Ray Hildreth, Charles W. Sasser Pocket, 2003 Incredible story. I could not put it down! + Great war story. + Could not stop reading!!!! + Gripping Read             Victory in Vietnam: The Official History of the People's Army of Vietnam, University Press of Kansas, 2002 What was for the United States a struggle against creeping Communism in Southeast Asia was for the people of North Vietnam a "great patriotic war" that saw its eventual victory against a military Goliath. The story of that conflict as seen through the eyes--and the ideology--of the North Vietnamese military offers readers a view of that era never before seen. Victory in Vietnam is the ...             Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-196539 reviews Mark Moyar Cambridge University Press, 2006 Outstanding and Objective + Great Perspective + A revisionist stand that is needed + Bracing Revisonist History             Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram10 reviews Dang Thuy Tram Harmony, 2007 humanization of the "enemy" + Cultural Understanding + The other side of the river.... + Gripping             Odysseus in America: Combat Trauma and the Trials of Homecoming9 reviews Jonathan Shay Scribner, 2003 Support our troops . . . + Myth and the Human Experience + Finally Understand + Returning Veterans + Believe neither the gloom and doom ...nor the infantilization in popular lore             Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills207 reviews Charles Henderson Berkley, 1988 A page turning read + Startling story of a great war hero + Excellent Story + excellent + Great Book             In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam62 reviews Robert S. McNamara Vintage, 1996 A good lesson in decision making + The Hobo Philosopher + important This should be read by every person who has to make decisions, whether private decisions or those affecting the public. McNamara illustrates how bad decisions were made, what questions were not asked and how consequences were not fully considered. One can learn much from their mistakes.             One Shot One Kill45 reviews Charles W. Sasser, Craig Roberts Pocket, 1990 good book + Solid material worth the read + GREAT BOOK! I picked this one up ,and enjoyed it through the whole thing. I enjoy short stories. And thats what this book has. The only annoying thing was that in between some of the stories, a chapter would be put in explaining snipers and random stuff. It kinda threw off the flow of actually reading a ...             The Best and the Brightest58 reviews David Halberstam Ballantine Books, 1993 History repeating itself + The Best and the Brightest + The people behind the war + Poor deluded SOBs             A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam59 reviews Lewis Sorley Harvest Books, 2007 The unfinished work in Vietnam + Outstanding + The Missing Piece to the Puzzle + First Rate! + A brilliant fresh view             Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character37 reviews Jonathan Shay Simon & Schuster, 1995 Review of "Achiiles in Vietnam" + A place to start + A real eye-opener One of the books I had been planning to read for several months is Dr. Jonathan Shay's groundbreaking work: "Achilles in Vietnam - Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character." I am glad that I finally found the time to acquaint myself with its message. The book is remarkable for several reasons. On ...             Dereliction of Duty: Johnson, McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam58 reviews H. R. Mcmaster Harper Perennial, 1998 Made me realize that we might be heading in same direction! + LBJ and his assistant liars + A Timeless Classic! + Recent history ignored - again             Jungle Rules: A True Story of Marine Justice in Vietnam6 reviews Charles Henderson Berkley Hardcover, 2006 Great story. + Jungle Rules + Entertaining and Authentic Fiction based on Fact + Fictionalized Account of a True Story + EXCELLENT BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!             A Sense of Duty: My Father, My American Journey46 reviews Quang X Pham Ballantine Books, 2005 More Than Just A Coming Of Age Story For a Vietnamese Refugee. + Personal History at Its Best + A Voyage of Discovery + a sense of duty: my father, my american journey + A Good Book             They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 196757 reviews David Maraniss Simon & Schuster, 2004 Like "Stolen Valor," one of the more important books on Vietnam + Combat and Conflict + Spirit of the 60's + By a battle survivor + Amazingly well done             Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam114 reviews Andrew X. Pham Picador, 2000 Andrew's website is at www.andrewxpham.com, other info + A Family Saga + A beautifully wrought return to one's complicated past + a random and beautiful encounter