Pbs produced an emmywinning television series, vietnam. Authored by journalist frances fitzgerald, this account of vietnam, its history, and the effects of its war with the united states was on the bestseller list for more than ten weeks. It includes interviews with 5 people involved in the war. The series is also available for digital download, and can also be seen on netflix and kanopy. Dec 19, 2014 i have read literally 100s of books on these topics. May, 2010 in a book that was published even before the televising of the vietnam war, much less blogging, boorstins ability to forsee all of it, conceptually, is staggering. Pages in category vietnam war fiction the following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. Dog soldiers won the 1975 national book award for fiction, the first vietnam war novel to do so.
Shortlisted for canadas prestigious giller prize, this profoundly humane novel vancouver sun, wrings suspense and humor out of the everyday choices we make, revealing the delicate balance between sacrifice and selfinterest, doing good and being good. A television history, to accompany the books release. The united states and vietnam, 19501975 anatomy of a division the 1st cav in vietnam by shelby l. The definitive collection of fiction and nonfiction on the war 1998 by stewart onan. Unlike world war ii and the korean war, coverage of this conflict would ironically, the war against the viet cong was, on the whole, being won to the extent that north vietnam finally despaired. The korean war was short and bloody, resulting in the deaths of 5 million people, more than half were civilians. This was a book i read before i went to vietnam and it was written by an army doctor who wasnt even there.
These include winners of national book awards and pulitzer prizes, both fiction and nonfiction. The final book on your list of books about the vietnam war is 365 days. But what he did was he interviewed the people he was treating and it was one of the great examples of breaking through the statistics. S involvement in the vietnam war, involving a gradual withdrawl of american troops and replacement of them with south vietnamese forces my lai massacre 1968, in which american troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in the village of my lai, also led to more opposition to the war. The eyewitness accounts of the many phases of the war in.
The th valley by john del vecchio there have been a number of excellent books about vietnam. This war was the first televised war and this book about vietnam war history. The vietnam war was released on bluray and dvd on september 19, 2017. In view of the above observations, a moments pause will reveal to all but the most casual readers, that if indeed there 800 to 1200 vietnam warrelated novels, then the literary or historical criteria. Not only one of the best books about the vietnam war, but one of the best nonfiction books written by an american. But it reads like a novelas do all the vietnam memoirs. Ive read all the obrien cacciato and in the lake of the woods are my favorites, so you can save those suggestions.
A slew of war memoirs stand with the best writing of that genre. There have been a number of excellent books about vietnam. The vietnam war tells the epic story of one of the most consequential, divisive, and controversial events in american history as it has never before been told on film explore a list of reading. The script is by geoffrey ward, and the series is narrated by peter coyote. He is best known for a rumor of war 1977, a bestselling memoir of his experiences during the vietnam war. Readers weighed in on the best books about the vietnam war. The vietnam war has scarred, transformed and inspired countless writers and art practitioners. Another recent addition to the pantheon of vietnam reportage is a book called on the frontlines of the television war by yasutsune tony hirashiki a television. Fresh off of one of the greatest tv series of all time, bryan cranston is tackling.
Its subtitle the definitive oral history told from all sides describes it perfectly. You may also request these titles online through our opac. See more ideas about historical fiction, fiction and vietnam war. Nonfiction updated december 2006 a war story is good, but sometimes nonfiction can be more interesting, as in these true vietnam war stories, compiled by reader advisor paul mathews. Todays post comes from madie ward in the national archives history office. The television war the vietnam war was the first to be televised. Herr commands one of the great voices in american literature, and is so overwhelming, so powerful, that he can, like hemingway, wreak havoc on the style of wouldbe writers who would fall.
Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Vietnam war nonfiction missouri secretary of state. Tom hanks, ken burns team up for history series on audio book. Feb 05, 2008 a rumor of war, philip caputo to call it the best book about vietnam is to trivialise it. It is difficult to commit to one without dwelling on what the others could have offered.
National archives identifier 66956835 the vietnam war 195575 was a time of great controversy in the united states. There was a time when all i knew of vietnam war books was tim obriens, the things they carried, a book that prompted the laconic entry in my book journal, this book destroyed me. More than a decade later, he returned to his former battlegrounds and recorded his journey in goodbye vietnam. Fresh off of one of the greatest tv series of all time, bryan cranston is. A legendary war cameraman in vietnam casemate, 304 pp. The top 30 vietnam war books to read this winter historynet. The vietnam war is a 10part american television documentary series about the vietnam war written by geoffrey c. Ten vietnam war novels to read council on foreign relations. It was a time that many people remember and a time when our. Ready to read the most celebrated and best vietnam war books. Personal accounts of a number of young people in the us during the latter stages of the vietnam war. Philip caputo born june 10, 1941 is an american author and journalist. I have read literally 100s of books on these topics.
A fighter pilots story of the vietnam war ken bell, author, kenneth h. I really find that era fascinating and terrible and confusing, and so many great stories about so many great things came out of it. To order any of these titles, contact the library by email, mail or phone. For the 1980 television miniseries, see a rumor of war miniseries. While the list of books about this conflict includes hundreds of enlightening works, we pick ten of the best texts offering illuminating perspectives on the war, its context and the effects it had on vietnam. If you are doing research on the vietnam war this book is a musthave. It cant say what any number of books, documentaries, articles, or fiction films havent. Among the most positive is an abundance of topnotch books, many written by veterans of the conflict. A history of the vietnamese by keith weller taylor, hanois war.
It went on to win a number of prestigious awards, including the pulitzer prize for nonfiction, national book award, and the bancroft prize. Published alongside the smithsonian vietnam war book illustrated non fiction. It was a time that many people remember and a time when our county was divided by their opinions. Jun 14, 2018 authored by journalist frances fitzgerald, this account of vietnam, its history, and the effects of its war with the united states was on the bestseller list for more than ten weeks. Air force pararescuemen medic who personally saved over 60 men in the armys 1st infantry. Apr 07, 2017 vietnam was the first truly televised war. Oct 18, 20 bryan cranston narrates the vietnam war novel the things they carried for the collaborations debut offering.
Todd robinsons allstar vietnam drama the last full measure starring sebastian stan, christopher plummer and william hurt will also debut this we the film follows the true story of vietnam war hero william h. Cold war tensions ran high as the country relentlessly. The best histories of the vietnam war council on foreign relations. Mar 06, 2015 dog soldiers won the 1975 national book award for fiction, the first vietnam war novel to do so. Discover the best vietnam war history in best sellers. Television coverage of the vietnam war and its implications. While the writing and research of this book are as good as stantons other books on the vietnam war, this one has very little to work with. The vietnam war was also the first one in which the united states suffered a clear defeat. In their living rooms watching the evening news, americans regularly saw film of airplanes flying, often dropping bombs, and troops on patrol, sometimes in combat. One of the things i loved so muchand that broke my heart so cleanlyabout the things they carried was that it reminded me of another beloved war book, slaughterhousefive, in that both books are. In televising war, andrew hoskins investigates how the processes of history, or imagining the past through the prism of the present,have been reconfigured in relation to war and the media. This series is one of the few pbs series to carry a tvma rating.
What is a good recommendation for a nonfiction book on wwii. In a parallel way, the fiction tends toward memoir, emphasizing the first person. Gallo gusztav vietnam did not become a big story on american television until 1965, but it was a controversial one from the time that u. Opinion the first televised war the new york times. An oral history of the vietnam war by black veterans by wallace terry vietnam declassified by thomas l. The vietnam war was a very tragic time that was destructive and enormously violent.
Apparently the lrrps reputation far exceeded their actual accomplishnents. An international history of the war for peace in vi. Caputo has written 16 books, including two memoirs, five books of general nonfiction. From his encounters with exvietnamese soldiers to interviews with victims of his own violence, broyles memoir is a reminder of how the brotherhood of man can. This book was written by a vietnam combat veteran with d1st502nd infantry, 101st aibrone division, mike m60 kelley, who is also an accomplished artist, producing exquisite images of the vietnam war. To understand the war, one needs to understand how nbc.
Jan 25, 2018 todays post comes from madie ward in the national archives history office. Its been 67 years since the controversial korean war, sometimes called americas forgotten warsandwiched between wwii and vietnam, began. Before he penned the screenplays for jarhead and castaway, a young william broyles enlisted to serve in the vietnam war. Hoskins main assertion is that television is central to the social memory of war, the practice by which societies and social frameworks manage narratives. Soldiers and civilians fighting against the war in vietnam. What is a good recommendation for a nonfiction book on. The first episode premiered on pbs on september 17, 2017. Sandra allen received a manuscript of her uncle bobs autobiography in 2009, a sprawling 60page piece of writing entirely in all caps and full of streams of consciousness. The necessary war, michael lind if you only read one book on the vietnam war, this is it.
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