Convergence by Sky Scientific Press $4.99
The feathery white vapor trails in the sky above Adams County, Pennsylvania, were nothing unusual—just the evidence of high-flying aircraft that one might see on any day. But for the men on the ground below they were a puzzlement. And no wonder: the year was 1863 and the men were Confederate soldiers marching toward the most significant battle of the American Civil War.Thousands of miles away...
Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Grove Press $15.95
An incredible publishing storywritten over the course of thirty years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, a New York Times best seller for sixteen weeks, a National Indie Next and a USA Today best sellerMatterhorn has been hailed as a brilliant account of war” (New York Times Book Review). Now out in paperback, Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer’s The...
What It Is Like to Go to War by Atlantic Monthly Press $20.00
From the author of the award-winning, best-selling novel Matterhorn, comes a brilliant nonfiction book about warIn 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command of a platoon of forty Marines who would live or die by his decisions. Marlantes survived, but like many of his brothers in arms, he has spent the...
Marine sniper: 93 confirmed kills by Stein and Day $197.18
He's silent, invisible. He lies in one position for days, barely twitching a muscle, able to control his heartbeat and breathing. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. This is the story of Sergeant Carlos Hathcock, Marine sniper, legend of military lore. **MASS MARKET PAPER**
Souvenirs of War by Murchada Publishing Company LLC
A personal story of the Vietnam generation and of fighting in the war itself. The Vietnam War as experienced by Kennedy Generation youth transitioned into Army and Marine Grunts, fighting in the hostile jungles, mountains, and lowlands of Vietnam. A story of the transition from idealistic youth anxious to change the world to the reality of a winless war and an ungrateful country.
Across The Fence by SOG Publishing $3.29
For eight years, far beyond the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, American Green Berets fought a deadly secret war in Laos and Cambodia under the aegis of the top secret Military Assistance Command Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group, or SOG.Go deep into the jungle with five SOG warriors surrounded by 10,000 enemy troops as they stack up the dead to build a human...
Rumor of War by Random House $15.46
In March 1965, Marine Lieutnant Philip J. Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to gith in Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars, he returned home - physically whole, emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism shattered. A decade later, Caputo would write in A Rumor of War, 'This is simply a story about war,...
To The Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam by NAL Trade $17.00
During the Vietnam War, one out of every eighteen helicopter pilots never made it home alive. At age nineteen, Tom Johnson flew in the thick of it, and lived to tell his harrowing tale. Johnson piloted the UH-1 "Iroquois"-better known as the "Huey"-as part of the famous First Air Cavalry Division. His battalion was one of the most decorated units of the Vietnam War, and helped redefine modern...
A Lonely Kind of War: Forward Air Controller, Vietnam by Presidio Press $15.95
Harrison gives us a well-written account of a little-known facet of the air war over Vietnam.-- Rocky Mountain News
Semper Cool: One Marine's Fond Memories of Vietnam by Exalt Press $25.95
Semper Cool is the wrenching, sometimes hilarious and always thought-provoking true story of a mischievous teenager who enlists in the U.S. Marine Corps seeking adventure and his father's approval and finds both, plus more danger than he ever could have imagined. With its vivid imagery, Semper Cool thrusts readers into a grunt's-eye view of the blood, guts, tears and laughter of war, as told by a...