just looking for some good books that are finctional on the Vietnam war (besides books written by Leonard B. Scott..read em all)
thanks in advance
2006-08-11 20:44:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Read W. E. B. Griffin. To quote the Barnes and Nobles web site
"Fellow bestselling author Tom Clancy is right on target when he describes W.E.B. Griffin -- world renowned for his military and police novels filled with vivid detail and dead-on accuracy -- as "a storyteller in the grand tradition, probably the best man around for describing the military community." http://www.barnesandnoble.com/writers/writer.asp?cid=883328&z=y
He's the best military story teller that I've read. And I'm pretty picky in what I read.
2006-08-11 21:45:59 · answer #1 · answered by nightevisions 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Going After Cacciato - Tim O'Brien. By far one of the best books I've ever read, about a war or otherwise. This book gets right into the madness of war and what it does to men. It's not necessarily historical.
Another pretty good non-fiction book is Chickenhawk which is about heli-pilots in Vietnam
2006-08-12 03:55:15 · answer #2 · answered by NordicGuru 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Books by H. Jay Ryker (navy SEALs book series), The Men With Green Faces; I forget the author but I am looking for that particular book right now.
2006-08-12 14:37:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Tim O'Brien suggestions are great - I teach them often.
A much more readable but still very powerful book (though it's memoir and not fiction) is called "In Pharaoh's Army" by Tobias Wolff. Very engaging, and very quick reading.
2006-08-13 17:38:10 · answer #4 · answered by Steve 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fields of Fire by James Webb
The 13th Valley by Robert M. Del Vecchio
2006-08-12 07:14:52 · answer #5 · answered by gyrene5811 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a former paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division... I think that LBS's books are realistic and are well worth the purchase price... Loved them... I hope you do too
2006-08-12 03:56:57 · answer #6 · answered by Islander 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't be serious! Fiction on Viet Nam War??? What next, children's books on the Holocaust?
2006-08-12 03:53:38 · answer #7 · answered by Mark H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Things they Carried
2006-08-12 05:54:09 · answer #8 · answered by knewknickname 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋