Baritz, Loren. Backfire: A History of How American Culture Led Us Into Vietnam and Made Us Fight the Way We Did. New York: Morrow, 1985. Gelb, Leslie H. with Richard K. Betts. The Irony of Vietnam: The System Worked. Washington: The Brookings Institution, 1979. Gibson, James. The Perfect War: Technowar in Vietnam. Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1986; New York: Vintage, 1988. Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam: A History. New York: Viking, 1983; revised edition, New York: Penguin USA, 1991. A massive history by a journalist written as a companion to the PBS series (Vietnam: A Television History). Much of the volume concentrates on the American involvement, although there is a useful discussion of earlier history and the First Indochina War. The work is generally unbiased, and reflects Karnow's access to many of the major figures involved. The original edition (1983) contains some errors which were corrected in the 1984 paperback edition. Kolko, Gabriel. Anatomy of a War: Vietnam, the United States, and the Modern Historical Experience. New York: Pantheon, 1985; reprint, New Press, 1994. Pratt, John Clark, comp. Vietnam Voices: Perspectives on the War Years, 1941-1982. New York: Penguin, 1984. This is a highly recommended and somewhat unusual work. Pratt has collected everything from official documents to oral history to fiction to wall graffiti in order to shed some light on the cultural impact of the American involvement in the Vietnam War. Sheehan, Neil. A Shining Bright Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. New York: Random House, 1988; Vintage, 1989. Major study of the US involvement in Vietnam, traced through the actions of a man who became both one of the most senior advisors and strategist and critics of the way the war was waged, John Paul Vann. Sheehan was an Army journalist prior to the war, and covered Vietnam first for UPI, then for the NY Times. Westmoreland, General William. A Soldier Reports. New York: Doubleday, 1976; reprint, New York: Da Capo Press, 1989. Young, Marilyn B. The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990. New York: Harper Collins, 1991. Section I: Historical and Social Science Analysis A: General Works B. The French War: World War II to the Geneva Accords C. Geneva to the American Combat Involvement in Vietnam (1954 - 1965) D. Period of US Ground Combat (1965 - 1972) E. From the American Withdrawal to the Fall of the South (1972 - 1975) F. Covert Operations and Intelligence G. Laos and Cambodia H. Military Personal Narratives and Oral Histories I. The Draft J. War Crime Allegations K. Culture and Politics in Vietnam L. North Vietnam, the PAVN and the NLF M. The Anti-War Movement in the US N. Veterans Issues O. POW/MIAs P. Document Collections and Reference Works Section II: Cultural Representations of the War A. Novels B. Folklore Back to Cry Havoc #21 Table of Contents Back to Cry Havoc List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by David W. Tschanz. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com