Come and check out our military section for books on the Vietnam War. There are many hardcovers, and there are even more paperbacks. I have listed only a few.
Goodnight Saigon: The True Story of the US Marines' Last Days in Vietnam, by Charles Henderson (HC, 2005, $3)
Here is the fall of Saigon, as told from both sides of the conflict. "Included are never-before revealed accounts from people of every level... NVA and Viet Cong soldiers, U. S. Embassy personnel, guerrilla commanders, civilians, generals, double agents- and leaders of both sides including ... Gerald Ford and Gen. Tran Van Tra".
The Fall of Saigon, by David Butler ( HC, 1985, $2.50)
Written in 1985 by a journalist who was there, this book describes those last two months before the North Vietnamese Army reached the outskirts of Saigon, destroyed the airport, and left only helicopters to evacuate the capital.
Kiss the Boys Goodbye: How the United States betrayed Its Own POWs in Vietnam, by Monika Jensen-Stevenson (HC, 1990, $4)
Jensen-Stevenson, an Emmy winning producer of "60 Minutes", interviewed ex-marine Bobby Garwood. Garwood claimed to have escaped from Vietnam in 1979. He claimed to have seen countless Americans still in captivity. Our government said he was wrong and called him a traitor. This book is the result of her 5 year investigation.
The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War, by Paul Hendrickson (HC, 1996,$3)
This is McNamara's biography,of his youth, of his years as secretary of defense, and of his life after resigning. Even after resigning he refused to speak out against the war, or to share his opinion that the war was unwinnable.
This is also a story of 5 people whose lives were changed by McNamara's decisions to not speak out. Hendrickson considers McNamara to have abused his power. What do you think?
These books are mainly on the new non-fiction table, but a few of them have been shelved.
