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The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, the Novel as History 20 reviews
Norman Mailer
Plume, 1995
Great style, but is it really a novel in any sense?
+ The Armies of the Night
+ Read the History, Skip the Novel (I was There)
+ The Novel as History, Indeed
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In Search of Southeast Asia: A Modern History (Revised) 3 reviews
David P. Chandler
University of Hawaii Press, 1987
From Arakan to Cebuano, from Tu Duc to Kartini
+ great start to learning about Southeast Asia
+ A good intro to the modern history of a diverse region
If you are interested in history, or perhaps if you just had to sit through history way back when, you probably heard about "no taxation without representation", Gettysburg, Disraeli, the Magna Carta, Charlemagne, Voltaire, and Cheops' Pyramid, to take a few out of the grab bag. Whether or not ...
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Vietnam War With Walter Cronkite 7 reviews
1985 CBS News Video Library, 2008
Superb
+ TV Reporting
+ These are the evening news stories I grew up with.
+ A great look into a past that we rarely see
+ A Brilliant and Honest Retrospective of the War
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Tears before the Rain: An Oral History of the Fall of South Vietnam5 reviews
Larry Engelmann
Oxford University Press, USA, 1990
Yes. Once again, it's a book you must read.
+ Allowing a broad range of narrators to tell their truth
+ Just buy it.
+ Tears of human tragedy. Joys of human triumph.
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Vietnam - A Television History 40 reviews
Everett Alvarez; Herbert Bluechel; George Ball (II); J. Lawton Collins; William Colby (II); Ted Danielsen; Bill Erhart; Vernon Gillespie; Leslie Gelb; John Keegan (II); Henry Kissinger; Abbot Low Moffat; Frederick Nolting; Archimedes Patti; Robinson Risner; Maxwell Taylor; Paul Warnke; William C. Westmoreland; Earl J. Young; Xuan Teo Dang
WGBH BOSTON, 2004
The Lessons of Vietnam?
+ Vietnam : A Television History
+ Vietnam - PBS -The American Experience
DVD REVIEW
I have previously reviewed Stanley Karnow companion book, Vietnam-A History, that goes with this ten-part series. I have reposted that review below for the convenience of the reader. Most of the political points that I have made there apply here as well. I would only add that visually ...
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How We Won the War11 reviews
Vo Nguyen Giap
Recon Pubns, 1976
recieved in good condition but a little late
My package came late. The book is in great condition and is just waht I asked for.
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The Best and the Brightest59 reviews
David Halberstam
Ballantine Books, 1993
History repeating itself
+ In the end They did get it wrong!!
+ The Best and the Brightest
+ The people behind the war
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Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of Dien Bien Phu38 reviews
Bernard B. Fall
Da Capo Press, 2002
Absolutely Riveting - Tactical/operational level study of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu from the French perspective
+ An empire sacrifices its non-commissioned officers...
+ A book legend among my Vietnam Vet friends
+ The Indochina War
+ Absorbing and comprehensive
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The Pentagon Papers1 review
George Herring
McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 1993
Robert McNamara's Gift to the World
Prepare to have your trust in government shattered. It illustrates the "credibility gap" during the Vietnam War, i.e., the gap between what Johnson and Kennedy were saying to the public and what was actually happening in Vietnam. The administrations constantly lie to the American public on our ...
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A Rumor of War105 reviews
Philip Caputo
Owl Books, 1996
Viet nam account
+ Excellent look into front line Vietnam
+ Well written and engrossing
+ Real life account
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Street Without Joy: The French Debacle In Indochina (Stackpole Military History Series)28 reviews
Bernard B. Fall
Stackpole Books, 2005
A suprising book
+ A worthwhile read
+ Inside view of fall of North Vietnam
+ An early version of the Vietnam War
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Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War20 reviews
Al Santoli
Ballantine Books, 1985
A powerful book, in spite of errors
+ Powerful Oral History
+ Great reading for Vietnam war history
+ Very Unique Summation of Vietnam
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Ho Chi Minh: A Life31 reviews
William J. Duiker, 2001
a book that you need to see
+ Mind blowing book; needless to say it's simply awesome
+ A good start
+ It's a book that will break your heart
+ FATHER OF THE VIETNAMESE NATIONAL LIBERATION STRUGGLE
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The Cold War: A New History63 reviews
John Lewis Gaddis
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2006
An excellent manual on the cold war
+ Well researched but offers nothing new
+ Great condition, good buy for the money
+ Fantastic -- great for generalists and cold war buffs
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Vietnam: A History62 reviews
Stanley Karnow
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1997
Fully Referenced
+ George Ball had it right
Of all the books on the subject of what the people of Vn call The American War, this book stands out. It's written by someone who was actually there but not biased by having fought for one side or the other. Best of all it's fully referenced, Karnow backs up everything he says. It gives an ...
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On Strategy: A Critical Analysis of the Vietnam War20 reviews
Harry G. Summers
Presidio Press, 1995
Mandatory reading for current days
+ Ojective and Unity Of Command
+ Theory of Friction In War - Worth the Read Alone
+ On Startegy is about the best thing I have read on Vietnam
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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam79 reviews
Neil Sheehan
Vintage, 1989
long read
+ "We had also, to all the visitors who came over, been one of the bright shining lies."
+ Refreshing for its different point of view - compelling read
this book was a long read. The wrighting was on the wall. No one paid attention.
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Reporting Vietnam: American Journalism 1959-1975 (Library of America)9 reviews
Library of America, 2000
Semi-definitive 'Nam reportage is contemporary must read!
+ Amazing Vietnam War Resource from Beginning to End
+ The Best and The Brightest
+ A Good One!!
+ Terrific Articles - but don't stop here!
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The Pol Pot Regime: Race, Power, and Genocide in Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, 1975-79 15 reviews
Ben Kiernan
Yale University Press, 2002
The reference work on the khmer rouge
+ Important But Not Written Well
+ Atrocities in Cambodia
Quite simply the most authoritative work on the pol pot led khmer rouge. If planing a visit to Cambodia Kiernan's book will provide excellent background and explain much of what you see today in rural Cambodia. Further details can be obtained from the website of Sage Insights who support local ...
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The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1965-19732 reviews
Shelby L. Stanton
Presidio Press, 1995
A valuable history
+ Indispensable
The Vietnam War is probably the most maligned, misunderstood, misrepresented, and misreported conflict in military history. Readers who wish to clear their minds of the perpetual cacophony of nonsense surrounding it must turn to a qualified source. Shelby Stanton -- military historian and ...
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