anyone know any really gripping reads about vietnam or WW2, i find it interesting but most are to bland?

Answer 1

Wars are very interesting in that everyone in one has a different perspective. I was in the Vietnam war, but I will not go into it.

As for WWII, if you want either a novel or non-fiction book, there are 10s of thousands of them. A good perspective might be found in some Time Life books. There are some written by one specific man who died just a year or two ago, one of the titles had to do with D day. The war in Europe is different from the Pacific Theater, you can't go wrong with Guadalcanal Diary.

Above you asked about WWI, one of the best, and most popular books, was OVER THE TOP. That would be non-fiction, a good fiction read would be ALL'S QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT.

There are a zillion accounts of people who were in the war in their own books talking about their own war

Answer 2

It could be that Vietnam was based entrely on the Tonkin Lie. In 2004 the LBJ library released audio tapes of Johnson and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara discussing how to use the staged Gulf of Tonkin incident as a pretext to escelate the covert operation into full scale war. No American ships were attacked by "Vietamese PT boats". It was a total lie.

Answer 3

an particularly amazing if quite naive concept. I fought in Vietnam and that i take exception on your assertion that we lost that conflict. And make no mistake that no matter the call it replaced right into a conflict. basically as Korea replaced right into a conflict. We did no longer lose in Vietnam we stop. We won each and every substantial conflict and had we'd have enjoyed to we could have leveled Hanoi and all of the North Vietnamese government. Our very own government had our protection stress hamstrung from the start and finally they only gave up. We did no longer lose we stop and the fifty 8,000+ names on the wall in Washington D.C. died for something.

Answer 4

World War II Novels - I'd recommend the Sven Hassel books. Although academics doubt the historical accuracy of the events they give a gritty, naturalistic and entertaining account of soldier's life during the war. One of his books was adapted to film as 'Kelly's Heroes'

Answer 5

the history of the second world war by basil liddle hart. he was the man who first came up with the idea of the use of tanks in massed formations. it is a very good read and is brutally truthful about the allied war efforts.

Answer 6

"Dispatches" by Michael Herr. Avon Books.

ISBN #: 0-380-40196-7

Answer 7

Night by Elie Wiesel ought to get your attention.