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Among the most positive is an abundance of top-notch books, many written by veterans of the conflict. These include winners of National Book Awards and Pulitzer Prizes, both fiction and nonfiction. A slew of war memoirs stand with the best writing of that genre.
From gripping accounts of war to the plight of refugees and life in post-war Vietnam, these books about Vietnam are not just riveting but also illuminating.
Kiernan weaves together the many narrative strands of Viet Nam's multi-ethnic populations, including the Chams, Khmers, and Vietnamese, and its multi-religious heritage, from local spirit cults to Buddhism, Confucianism, and Catholicism.
There are an extraordinary number of works both fiction and nonfiction that seek to understand the impact of the war or simply excise the long-festering wounds that resulted. The books below are among the most illuminating and some of the best Vietnam War books.
Stanley Karnow's "Vietnam: A History," provides a decent overview of the history of this country -- dominated for so long by China and then France -- as well as the Vietnam War, and the quagmire that the U.S. involvement became.
Best Sellers in Vietnam War History. VIETNAM WARHORSE: A HUEY PILOTS MEMOIRS: TOLD BY A TWO-TOUR US ARMY IROQUOIS ('HUEY') PILOT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. A TRIBUTE TO THE MANY WHO FLEW THIS WONDERFUL WARHORSE. Guns Up!: A Firsthand Account of the Vietnam War.
Sand in the Wind. 208 books based on 174 votes: The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Boot: A Sorta Novel of Vietnam by Charles L. Templeton, The Things They Carried by Tim...
In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country.
Vietnam: A History. Stanley Karnow. 4.12. 7,705 ratings332 reviews. “A landmark work…The most complete account to date of the Vietnam tragedy.” –The Washington Post Book World. This monumental narrative clarifies, analyzes, and demystifies the tragic ordeal of the Vietnam war.
For fiction: ‘Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War,’ by Karl Marlantes; ‘The Sympathizer,’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen; ‘The 13th Valley,’ by John M. Del Vecchio; ‘The Short-Timers,’ by Gustav...