Bibliography: The Vietnam War

An Annotated Reading List

D. Period of US Ground Combat (1965 - 1972)

compiled by John R. Tegtmeier, Charlotte, North Carolina

Berger, Carl, ed. The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973. Rev ed. Originally published 1973. Washington: Office of Air Force History and U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984.

Bergerud, Eric M. Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning: The World of a Combat Division in Vietnam. Boulder: Westview, 1993; New York: Penguin USA,1994.

    A study of the 25th Division with a significant portion of the book being oral history.

Clarke, Jeffrey J. Advice and Support: The Final Years, 1965- 1973. Washington: Center for Military History, 1988.

Cutler, Lt. Cdr. Thomas J. Brown Water, Black Berets: Coastal and Riverine Warfare in Vietnam. Annapolis, The Naval Institute Press, 1988; New York: Pocket Books, 1996.

Ford, Ronnie E. Tet 1968: Understanding the Surprise. Cass Series -Studies in Intelligence. London: Frank Cass & Co, 1995.

Herrington, Stuart. Silence was a Weapon: The Vietnam War in the Villages. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1982.

Krepinevich, Andrew F., Jr. The Army in Vietnam. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1986.

Mangold, Tom and John Penycate. The Tunnels of Cu Chi: The Untold Story of Vietnam. New York: Random House, 1985; Berkley Pub Group: 1994.

Moore, Lt. Gen. Harold G. and Joseph L. Galloway. We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young. New York: Random House, 1992; Harperperennial, 1993.

    An excellent account of battle and the soldiers (DWT)

Nolan, Keith W. Battle For Hue, Tet 1968. Novato, CA: Presideo Press,1983.

Oberdorfer, Don. Tet! Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971; reprint, New York: Da Capo Press, 1984.

Prados, John and Ray W. Stubbe. Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1991; Dell, 1993.

Spector, Ronald. After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam. New York: The Free Press, 1993; Vintage, 1994.

Stanton, Shelby L. The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1965-1973. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1985; reprint paper, Presideo, 1995.

Turley, Col. Gerald H. The Easter Offensive. Novato, CA: Presidio, 1985; Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.

Section I: Historical and Social Science Analysis

Section II: Cultural Representations of the War


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