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Forrest Gump: A Novel

by Winston Groom

The life of an endearing idiot savant is marked by encounters with some of the most famous figures of the twentieth century. Reprint. Movie tie-in.

FIRE IN THE LAKE : The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam (LIBRARY OF PULITZER PRIZE CLASSICS)

FIRE IN THE LAKE : The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam (LIBRARY OF PULITZER PRIZE CLASSICS)

This landmark work, based on Frances FitzGerald's own research and travels, takes us inside Vietnam-into the traditional, ancestor-worshiping villages and the corrupt crowded cities, into the conflicts between Communists and anti-Communists, Catholics and Buddhists, generals and monks -and reveals the country as seen through Vietnamese eyes. With a clarity and authority unrivaled by any book before it or since,... (more)

Shadow Warriors: Inside The Special Forces

Shadow Warriors: Inside The Special Forces

by Tom Clancy

The war in Afghanistan has given the public an unprecedented look at what America's special forces can do--their extraordinary skill and stamina and the sacrifices they are willing to make. Now, Tom Clancy and Carl Stiner--the second commander of SOCOM, the U.S. Special Operations Command--take readers deep inside the history, training, resourcefulness, and creativity of the Special Forces soldier. These are... (more)

The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler finds it hard to stand and watch.

In the Lake of the Woods

by Tim O'Brien

First published to critical acclaim by Houghton Mifflin, Tim O’Brien’s celebrated classic In the Lake of the Woods now returns to the house in a gorgeous new Mariner paperback edition. This riveting novel of love and mystery from the author of The Things They Carried examines the lasting impact of the twentieth century’s legacy of violence and warfare, both at home and abroad. When long-hidden secrets about the... (more)

The Lotus Seed

by Sherry Garland

When she is forced to leave Vietnam, a young girl brings a lotus seed with her to America in remembrance of her homeland. Reprint. Reading Rainbow. PW. AB.

Garden of Angels

by Lurlene McDaniel

It is 1974 and the country is still struggling to come to terms with the Vietnam War. In the small town of Conners, Georgia, Darcy has just started high school, her older sister Adel goes to weekend dances at the local Army base, and their mother tends her beautiful garden–the biggest and best in town. But Darcy’s world is soon changed forever when her mother goes to Atlanta for tests. The diagnosis is not... (more)

The Wall (Reading Rainbow Book)

by Eve Bunting

A boy and his father visit the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C., in a work about memory and loss. Reprint. SLJ. H. AB. C. K.

Kent State: What Happened and Why

by James A. Michener

All of James A. Michener's storytelling and reportorial skills are brought to the fore in this stunning and heartbreaking examination of the events that led to the 1970 shootings at Kent State, which shook the country to the roots and had a profound impact on the anti-war movement.

My American Journey

by Colin Powell, Joseph E. Persico

"A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK." --The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history--Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm--but a history that... (more)

Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides

Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides

by Christian G. Appy

A quarter century has passed since the last American helicopter flew off the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, and only now have we attained the perspective and access to make a book like Patriots possible. In this monumental oral history, Christian G. Appy has created the first work to probe the war's path through both the United States and Vietnam. Intellectually illuminating and emotionally overwhelming,... (more)

America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster

America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950-1975 with Poster

by George C. Herring

Comprehensive yet concise, America's Longest War provides a complete and balanced history of the Vietnam War. It is not mainly a military history, but seeks to integrate military, diplomatic, and political factors in order to clarify America's involvement and ultimate failure in Vietnam. While it focuses on the American side of the equation, it provides sufficient consideration of the Vietnamese side to make the... (more)

Friendly FireC.D.B. Bryan

Friendly Fire

by C. D. B. Bryan

Fields of Fire

by James Webb

They each had their reasons for being a soldier. They each had their illusions. Goodrich came from Harvard. Snake got the tattoo — Death Before Dishonor — before he got the uniform. And Hodges was haunted by the ghosts of family heroes. They were three young men from different worlds plunged into a white-hot, murderous realm of jungle warfare as it was fought by one Marine platoon in the An Hoa Basin, 1969. They... (more)

Winners and Losers: Battles, Retreats, Gains, Losses, and Ruins from a Long War

Winners and Losers: Battles, Retreats, Gains, Losses, and Ruins from a Long War

by Gloria Emerson

This book is an American National Book Award winner. After covering the Vietnam war for the "New York Times", Gloria Emerson travelled across America for four years, interviewing people who fought in the war or who fought against it, those who paid little attention and others whose lives were changed by it. Her reporting on a small town in Kentucky which suffered high losses, is considered a remarkable inquiry... (more)

The Mailbox

by Audrey Shafer

Vernon Culligan had been dead to the town of Draydon, Virginia, so long that when the crusty Vietnam vet finally died, only one person noticed. Twelve-year-old Gabe grew up in the foster care system until a social worker located his Uncle Vernon two years before. When he comes home to discover that his uncle has died of a heart attack, he's terrifed of going back into the system--so he tells no one. The next day,... (more)

The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu And the French Defeat in Vietnam

The Last Valley: Dien Bien Phu And the French Defeat in Vietnam

by Martin Windrow

The highly acclaimed book about the battle that doomed the French Empire and led America into Vietnam, The Last Valley is "a brilliant work of military history" - Boston Globe December 1953 French paratroopers, who had been searching for the elusive Vietnamese army, were quickly isolated by them and forced to retreat into their out-gunned and desolate jungle base-a small place called Dien Bien Phu. The... (more)

After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam

by Ronald H. Spector

The TET Offensive of 1968 was supposed to mark a turning point in the war in Vietnam. In this brilliant and harrowing work, the bestselling author of Eagle Against the Sun shows the war that the TV missed--and reveals that TET was only the beginning. Photos.

Once a Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in Vietnam

Once a Warrior King: Memories of an Officer in Vietnam

by David Donovan

A Prayer for Owen Meany

by John Irving

Owen Meany, the only child of a New Hampshire granite quarrier, believes he is God's instrument; he is. This is John Irving's most comic novel, yet Owen Meany is Mr. Irving's most heartbreaking character. "Roomy, intelligent, exhilarating and darkly comic...Dickensian in scope....Quite stunning and very ambitious." LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW "John Irving is an abundantly and even joyfully talented storyteller."... (more)

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