LibGuides: MS Humanities: Vietnam War: Books

Fiction

Patrol by Walter Dean Myers; Ann Grifalconi (Illustrator)
Call Number: S\ 808.8 Mye
ISBN: 9780060731595
Publication Date: 2005-01-04
A frightened American soldier faces combat in the lush forests of Vietnam.

Click here for a list of fiction books relating to the Vietnam War in the East campus Secondary Library. Below is a small selection of what the library has to offer.

All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg
Call Number: S\ Bur
ISBN: 9780545080927
Publication Date: 2009-04-01
Two years after being airlifted out of Vietnam in 1975, Matt Pin is haunted by the terrible secret he left behind and, now, in a loving adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events forces him to confront his past.
Song of the Buffalo Boy by Sherry Garland
Call Number: S\ Gar
ISBN: 9780152000981
Publication Date: 1994-04-29
Shunned and mistreated because of her mixed heritage, and determined to avoid an arranged marriage, seventeen-year-old Loi runs away to Ho Chi Minh City with the hope that she and the boy she loves will be able to go to the United States to find her American father.
Cracker! by Cynthia Kadohata
Call Number: S\ Kad
ISBN: 9781416906384
Publication Date: 2008-10-07
A young soldier in Vietnam bonds with his bomb-sniffing German shepherd.
A Million Shades of Gray by Cynthia Kadohata
Call Number: S\ Kadohata
ISBN: 1442429194
Publication Date: 2011-11-01
A boy takes refuge in the jungle with his elephant when the Viet Cong launch an attack on his village in the aftermath of the Vietnam War.
Everybody Sees the Ants by A. S. King
Call Number: S\ King
ISBN: 0316129283
Publication Date: 2011-10-03
Overburdened by his parents' bickering and a bully's attacks, fifteen-year-old Lucky Linderman begins dreaming of being with his grandfather, who went missing during the Vietnam War, but during a visit to Arizona, his aunt and uncle and their beautiful neighbor, Ginny, help him find a new perspective.

Non-Fiction

The Fall of Saigon by Mary Englar; Julie A. Gassman (General Editor); Svetlana A. Zhurkin (Contribution by); Ashlee Schultz (Contribution by); Robert L. McConnell (Contribution by)
Call Number: S\ 959.704 Eng
ISBN: 9780756538439
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Discusses the withdrawal of troops from Vietnam, and the helicopter evacuation from the roof of the U.S. embassy in Saigon, and discusses the subsequent invasion of South Vietnam by the North Vietnamese Army, the Paris Peace Accords, and the struggles of refugees before the country unified under communist rule in 1975.

Click here for a list of books on the Vietnam War in the East campus Secondary Library. Below is a small selection of what the library has to offer.

The Tet Offensive by Mary Englar; Julie A. Gassman (General Editor); Bobbie Nuytten (Contribution by); Robert L. McConnell (Contribution by)
Call Number: S\ 959.704 Eng
ISBN: 9780756538446
Publication Date: 2008-07-01
Discusses the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Saigon and the over one hundred attacks on South Vietnamese village during the New Year holiday of Tet, and includes photographs and covers the battle for Hue, civilians' attempts to get out of the line of fire, and the effects of journalistic reporting on the American public.
The Vietnam War, 1956-1975 by Andrew A. Wiest
Call Number: S\ 959.704 Wie
ISBN: 9781404218451
Publication Date: 2008-08-01
Chronicles the history of the Vietnam War, discussing events the led up to the conflict, discussing the strategies of the U.S. and the North Vietnamese, follow the course of the war, and looking at its impact on the home front.
The Vietnam War by A. Tom Grunfeld; John J. Fitzgerald; Marilyn B. Young
Call Number: S\ 959.704 You
ISBN: 9780195122787
Publication Date: 2002-05-02
Examines various aspects of the Vietnam War both in Asia and on the home front through a collection of period documents, including speeches, transcripts, media commentary, songs and cheers, memoirs, interviews, poems, and photographs.
Escape from Saigon by Andrea Warren
Call Number: S\BIO 921 Steiner
ISBN: 0374400237
Publication Date: 2008-09-02
Chronicles the experiences of an orphaned Amerasian boy from his birth and early childhood in Saigon through his departure from Vietnam in the 1975 Operation Babylift and his subsequent life as the adopted son of an American family in Ohio.
Why Did the Vietnam War Happen? by Clive Gifford
Call Number: SR\HUM 959.704 Gif (VIE c.1)
ISBN: 9781433941788
Publication Date: 2010-08-01
Explains why the Vietnam War occurred and how the United States became involved, features excerpts from speeches, letters, diaries, and other primary source materials that provide insights into events, and includes photographs and opinions from historians.