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MATCH 34
Hue 1968

Mark Bowden

2017

NON-FICTION

Gripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.

Same eventSame warTags: Asia, Cold War, Combined Arms, Guerrilla, Modern
MATCH 34
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

1992

NON-FICTION

Definitive account of the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in 1965, the first major engagement between US forces and the NVA.

Same eventSame warTags: Asia, Cold War, Combined Arms, Guerrilla, Modern
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The Things They Carried

Tim O'Brien

1990

FICTION

Landmark work of fiction-as-memoir about American soldiers in Vietnam. One of the most acclaimed war novels of the 20th century.

Same eventSame warTags: Asia, Cold War, Combined Arms, Guerrilla, Modern
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Dispatches

Michael Herr

1977

MEMOIR

Iconic New Journalism account of the Vietnam War by a war correspondent. Its prose style influenced an entire generation of war writing.

Same eventSame warTags: Asia, Cold War, Combined Arms, Guerrilla, Modern
MATCH 18
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Neil Sheehan

1988

NON-FICTION

Pulitzer Prize–winning account of the Vietnam War seen through the career of John Paul Vann, a soldier who saw through official optimism.

Same warTags: Asia, Cold War, Guerrilla
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The Peloponnesian War

Donald Kagan

2003

NON-FICTION

Kagan's single-volume masterpiece covering the entire war between Athens and Sparta.

Tags: Ancient, Europe, Mediterranean, Naval, Siege
MATCH 12
Vietnam War History : Understanding

Nan Painton

2021

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Modern
MATCH 12
Vietnam War History Book : What Happened?

Harold Gunby

2021

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Modern
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Vietnam War History Book : the Civic Action

Elbert Wettstein

2021

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Modern
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Vietnam War

Neil Smith

2012

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Modern
MATCH 12
Vietnam War History : Getting to Know the Truth

Maryln Portugal

2021

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Modern
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Vietnam War History 1968 : the TET Offensive During Vietnam War

Lettie Bonucchi

2021

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Modern
MATCH 12
One-Hour History : Vietnam War

Arron Neiper

2021

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Modern
MATCH 11
Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West

Tom Holland

2005

NON-FICTION

Holland's gripping narrative of the Persian invasions of Greece, from Marathon to Salamis, and how a tiny Greek coalition stopped the mightiest empire on earth.

Tags: Ancient, Europe, Naval
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The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265-146BC

Adrian Goldsworthy

2000

NON-FICTION

Definitive modern account of all three Punic Wars, from Hannibal's crossing of the Alps to the final destruction of Carthage.

Tags: Ancient, Combined Arms, Europe
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The Battle for the Falklands
The Battle for the Falklands

Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins

1983

NON-FICTION

"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." -James M. Gavin

Tags: Combined Arms, Modern, Naval
MATCH 09
Vietnam at War
Vietnam at War

Phillip B. Davidson

1991

NON-FICTION

Weaving together the histories of three distinct conflicts, Phillip B. Davidson follows the entire course of the Vietnam War, from the initial French skirmishes in 1946 to the dramatic fall of Saigon ...

Same war
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The to Z of Vietnam
The to Z of Vietnam

Bruce M. Lockhart, William J. Duiker

2010

NON-FICTION

Vietnam became part of French Indochina in 1887 and did not regain its independence again until after the Vietnam War. However, despite a relatively peaceful two decades the country experienced little...

Same war
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Vietnam
Vietnam

Lloyd C. Gardner, Ted Gittinger

2011

NON-FICTION

Haunting questions remain about our involvement in Vietnam. Perhaps the most persistent of these is whether President Kennedy would have ended American involvement in Vietnam if he had lived. For many...

Same war
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Fielding's Vietnam
Fielding's Vietnam

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

1994

NON-FICTION
Same war