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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:34 PM Original message |
If you had only ONE book to recommend on the Vietnam war, which one would it be? |
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Sheets of Easter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Dear America:Letters Home from Vietnam." |
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Zorro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. Dispatches |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. You need to specify if you want history or first-person accounts. nt |
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flowomo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. right, just what I was thinking |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:53 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. That's a good question |
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Dunedain (335 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
30. Everything We Had - Al Santoli |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 04:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Historian Douglas Brinkley combined the two, the history WITH the first |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 02:21 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Thank you. This thread has become very educational |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
4. A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
21. I"ve been meaning to read that one. thanks for reminding me. nt |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. One I've wanted to read is the one Senator Webb wrote; supposedly used |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
7. Street Without Joy by Bernard Fall |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. This looks interesting |
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arbusto_baboso (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It was also required reading... |
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maui9002 (342 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. "The Best and the Brightest" by David Halberstam |
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Elspeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #19 |
37. Thanks |
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leftofcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
8. "A Bright Shining Lie" |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Seconded |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Fire in the Lake" by Frances Fitzgerald |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:50 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Second this, as a contemporary history of the region, culture, and conflict. . . |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 05:48 PM Response to Reply #9 |
38. Excellent book - I'd recommend that one, too. |
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msmcghee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
10. Several good ones already listed. Here's a great . . |
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mahina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. Recovering from the War: A Guide for All Veterans, Family Members, Friends and Therapists |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:50 PM Original message |
The 10,000 Day War: Vietnam by Michael MacLear |
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A HERETIC I AM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 03:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. Agreed. I have a copy and it is an excellent, detailed book. n/t |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
13. self delete |
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Two Americas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
17. The End Of The Line |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Heres one from one of our local teachers |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
20. War in the Shadows, Robert Asprey n/t |
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cornfedyank (642 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
22. "about face" by col david hackworth |
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deminatl (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
23. If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
24. An important novel "In Country" -- Bobbie Ann Mason. n/t |
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GP6971 (131 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
25. The Perfect War by James Gibson e/m |
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FredScuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Pentagon Papers: The Defense Department History of United States Decisionmaking on Vietnam |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 04:57 AM Response to Reply #27 |
40. Which version? |
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floridablue (996 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
28. A Bright Shining Lie. |
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Mike03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. Hands down, it would be Neil Sheehan's book "A Bright Shining Lie." NT |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
33. One book? Shiiiiiiit.... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
34. "Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers." |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
35. The Tunnels of Cu Chi |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-28-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
36. A Bright Shining Lie |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-29-08 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
41. "Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History," edited by Wallace Terry... |
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