Vietnam War category: 1155 books
Cambodia
Report from a Stricken Land
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2012
Observations on Cambodia’s last days of peace, the Khmer Rouge genocide, and the nation’s troubled present—from a Pulitzer Prize–winning correspondent.
With a controversial election won by the ruling party of Prime Minister Hun Sen—extending his more-than-thirty years in power—Cambodia...
Sailors to the End
The Deadly Fire on the USS Forrestal and the Heroes Who Fought It
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
The aircraft carrier USS Forrestal was preparing to launch attacks into North Vietnam when one of its jets accidentally fired a rocket into an aircraft occupied by pilot John McCain. A huge fire ensued, and McCain barely escaped before a 1,000-pound bomb on his plane exploded, causing a chain reaction...
Eyes Behind the Lines
L Company Rangers in Vietnam, 1969
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2011
In mid-December 1968, after recovering from wounds susatined in a murderous mission, Gary Linderer returned to Phu Bai to comlpete his tour of duty as a LRP. His job was to find the enmy, observe him, or kill him--all the while behind enemy lines, where success could be as dangerous as discovery.
Seawolves
First Choice
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
They called themselves Seawolves . . .
The men of SEALs, PBRs, and SF called them saviors . . .
Created in 1967, the HAL-3 helicopter squadron--aka Seawolves--provided quick-reaction close air support to SEALs, PBR River Rats, and Special Forces advisers and their troops. During the five years...
by Peter E. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2013
Despite its uncertain start the F-111 proved to be one of the most successful and influential designs of the 1960s. Its radical 'swing wing' was adopted by the F-14 Tomcat, Panavia Tornado and Rockwell B-1B Lancer while its turbofan-type engines became standard in many combat aircraft. F-111 crews...
Good to Go
The Life And Times Of A Decorated Member Of The U.S. Navy's Elite Seal Team Two
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
"Fractions of a second in time. What amazing violence can be meted out in the blink of an eye."
In the mid-nineteen sixties, Harry Constance made a life-altering journey that led him out of Texas and into the jungles of Vietnam. As a young naval officer, he went from UDT training...
Escaping the Khmer Rouge
A Cambodian Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia for three years, eight months and twenty days. After overthrowing Lon Nol in April 1975 and establishing a so-called Democratic Kampuchea, the Communist-sponsored government was responsible for the deaths of as many as two million people, almost one-third of the country’s...
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With Special Forces in the Viet Cong Forbidden Zone
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2010
“You have to react instinctively. In this game there’s no second place, only the quick and the dead.”
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In Vietnam, Mobile Guerrilla Force conducted unconventional operations against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. Armed with silencer-equipped MK-II British Sten guns, M-16s, M-79s,...
by Philip Keith
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Fire Base Illingworth is an epic, never-before-told true story of a North Vietnamese Army attack and how the men of this nearly overrun Fire Base survived.
In the early morning hours of April 1, 1970, more than four hundred North Vietnamese soldiers charged out into the open and tried to over-run...
One Tough Marine
The Autobiography of First Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen, USMC
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2013
“Searing . . . An inspiring story.”—Publishers Weekly
“This is the . . . powerfully told story of an exceptionally determined human being.”—Booklist
On September 21, 1962, U.S. Marine Staff Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen’s life changed forever . . .
During a...
by Peter E. Davies
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
The General Dynamics F-111 was one of the most technically innovative designs among military aircraft, introducing the variable-sweep wing, terrain-following radar, military-rated afterburning turbofan engines and a self-contained escape module among other features. Designed as a cost-saving, multi-role...
by Ray Hildreth, Charles W. Sasser
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
For some, Hill 488 was just another landmark in the jungles of Vietnam. For the eighteen men of Charlie Company, it was a last stand. This is the stirring combat memoir written by Ray Hildreth, one of the unit's survivors.
On June 13, 1966, men of the 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division...
by Kenn Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2009
In the summer of 1967, the good old days were ending for the hard-core 1st Brigade LRRPs of the 101st Airborne Division, perhaps the finest maneuver element of its size in the history of the United States Army. It was a bitter pill. After working on their own in Vietnam for more than two years, the...
Special Forces at War
An Illustrated History, Southeast Asia 1957-1975
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2008
More than 8.7 million Americans reported for military duty in Southeast Asia, but only a select few wore the Green Beret, the distinctive symbol of the U.S. Army Special Forces. Operating out of small outposts in some of the worlds most rugged terrain, these elite soldiers played a crucial role during...