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MATCH 38
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, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 34
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
MATCH 34
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 22
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, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 15
On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir

Hampton Sides

2018

NON-FICTION

Gripping narrative of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir — where 15,000 UN troops were surrounded by 120,000 Chinese soldiers in brutal Korean winter and fought their way to the sea.

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 15
Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 November-11 December 1950

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

1983

NON-FICTION

This battle analysis addresses the battle of Chosin Reservoir from 27 November to 11 December 1950 in northeastern North Korea during which the 1st Marine Division and some attached U.S. Army units fo...

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 15
Frozen Chosin

Edwin H. Simmons, Usmc (Ret ) Brigadier General Simmons

2014

NON-FICTION

Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, Chosin also called Changjin, campaign early in the Korean War, part of the Chinese Second Offensive (November–December 1950) to drive the United Nations out of North Ko...

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 15
Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 NOV-11 DEC 1950

F.M. Berger

1983

NON-FICTION

Analyse fra Korea-krigen af kampene ved Chosin, hvor 1. US Marine Division, der var omringet af talstærke kinesiske styrker, slog sig igennem medbringende deres materiel og sårede.

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 15
Attack at Chosin
Attack at Chosin

Xiaobing Li

2020

NON-FICTION

For members of the U.S. Army’s “Task Force Faith” and the First Marine Division, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir is an epic story of survival, courage, and ingenuity. Their exploits are well known—wove...

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 15
Chosin
Chosin

Eric Hammel

2007

NON-FICTION

It was 1950, a brutally cold November in North Korea, and the war seemed all but over. And then a force of nearly 70,000 Chinese "volunteers" crossed the Yalu River, encircling the 30,000 United Natio...

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 15
35th Anniversary, the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea

Chosin Few (Association)

1985

NON-FICTION
Tags: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 15
East of Chosin
East of Chosin

Roy Edgar Appleman

2002

NON-FICTION

"Well written and meticulously researched ... East of Chosin is military history at its best". -- Harry G. Summers, Jr., Washington Post Book World

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
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 warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
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 warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
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 warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
Fielding's Vietnam
Fielding's Vietnam

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

1994

NON-FICTION
Same warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
The Tết Mậu Thân 1968 Event in South Vietnam
The Tết Mậu Thân 1968 Event in South Vietnam

Khang Hồ

2001

NON-FICTION
Same warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
Quotations on the Vietnam War
Quotations on the Vietnam War

Gregory R. Clark

2001

NON-FICTION

In the history of American warfare, no military action is so controversial or misunderstood as the Vietnam Conflict. Since America's first involvement in the 1940s, to the present, the causes, effects...

Same warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 12
The Forgotten War: America in Korea 1950-1953

Clay Blair

1987

NON-FICTION

The most exhaustive single-volume history of the Korean War, covering every major campaign from the Pusan Perimeter to the armistice.

Tags: Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 12
Vietnam War History : Understanding

Nan Painton

2021

MILITARY HISTORY
Same warTags: Modern