books by Al Santoli (soldiers history vietnam)

books by Al Santoli

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5 reviews
Al Santoli

E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1985

A "must-read" classic of America's involvement in SE Asia
I first read To Bear Any Burden when it was originally released in 1985. This has been a 'must-read' classic of American involvement in Southeast Asia since it was published. For it, Santoli interviewed, in depth, 47 individuals representative of that involvement from 1945 into the 1980s--Americans, Viet-Namese (communists and anti-communists), Cambodians and Laotians. The book is so artfully ...

Everything We Had

1 review
Al Santoli

Ballantine Books, 1982

One of the best books I've ever read...
A compilation of oral recounts, "Everything We Had" gets to the meat and potatoes of the stories without delay. It kept me captivated, I could not wait to read the next story in the book. The authors were interviewed when these events were still fresh in their minds, the way they recount the stories proves this. A must read for anyone seeking an unbiased, realistic look at the viet-nam ...

Leading the Way

2 reviews
Al Santoli

Ballantine Books, 1994

Turning the Boat Around
It is unfortunate that this outstanding book is out of print because the lessons contained within the pages are timeless. Al Santoli, a Vietnam veteran, assembles a comprehensive cast to provide anecdotes about their problems and solutions to reforming and reorganizing the post Vietnam era United States Armed Forces. This book is just not for military leaders, officer and enlisted; the lessons ...

Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War

20 reviews
Al Santoli

Ballantine Books, 1985

A powerful book, in spite of errors
There are actually two false war stories in this book, those of Thomas Bird ("Ia Drang") and Mike Beamon ("The Green-Faced Frogmen"). Mr. Bird apologized to the author after the book's publication. He did serve in Vietnam, not in combat, and the POW story is a complete fabrication. Mr. Beamon did not even serve in the US military, never mind the SEALS or Vietnam. At the time the book came out, ...

Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Thirty-Three American Soldiers Who Fought It

1 review
Al Santoli

Ballantine, 1982

An Insightful, Personal Look at 13 Years of War
Al Santoli has collected the recollections (including his own) of thirty-three American soldiers who fought in Vietnam. The soldiers include an Army enlistee who finds a "nine-to-five war" when he arrives in Vietnam in 1962; an Army drill sergeant who worries that the Army prevents him from teaching his men the killer instinct; and a Navy SEAL whose job is terrorism. ["It was a business, and ...