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  1. Vietnam

    1. Vietnam

    Russell Freedman
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  2. Until the Last Gun Is Silent

    2. Until the Last Gun Is Silent

    Matthew F. Delmont
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  3. The War Within a War

    3. The War Within a War

    Wil Haygood
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  4. The Unlikely War Hero

    4. The Unlikely War Hero

    Marc Leepson
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  5. What Was the Vietnam War?

    5. What Was the Vietnam War?

    Jim O'Connor, Who H.Q.
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  6. Vietnam

    6. Vietnam

    Stanley Karnow
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  7. The Green Berets

    7. The Green Berets

    Robin Moore, Thomas R. Csrnko
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  8. Healing Wounds

    8. Healing Wounds

    Diane Carlson Evans, Bob Welch
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  9. Fallen Angels

    9. Fallen Angels

    Walter Dean Myers
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  10. Vietnam Wars 1945-1990

    10. Vietnam Wars 1945-1990

    Marilyn Young, Marilyn B. Young
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  11. Looking for the Good War

    11. Looking for the Good War

    Elizabeth D. Samet
    Fits this list for its focus on war.
  12. Most Dangerous

    12. Most Dangerous

    Steve Sheinkin
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  13. SOG

    13. SOG

    John L. Plaster
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  14. About Face

    14. About Face

    David H. Hackworth, Jocko Willink
    Fits this list for its focus on war.
  15. Home Before Morning

    15. Home Before Morning

    Lynda Van Devanter
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  16. Guns Up!

    16. Guns Up!

    Johnnie M. Clark
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  17. The Wounded Generation

    17. The Wounded Generation

    David Nasaw
    Fits this list for its focus on war.
  18. Lessons in Disaster

    18. Lessons in Disaster

    Gordon M. Goldstein
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  19. Waiting for an Army to Die

    19. Waiting for an Army to Die

    Fred A. Wilcox
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  20. Waging a Good War

    20. Waging a Good War

    Thomas E. Ricks
    Fits this list for its focus on war.
  21. Hidden History of the Korean War

    21. Hidden History of the Korean War

    I.F. Stone, Gregory Elich
    Fits this list for its focus on war.
  22. Eyewitness Vietnam War

    22. Eyewitness Vietnam War

    DK, D.K. Publishing
    Fits this list for its focus on vietnam and war.
  23. Gangsters of Capitalism

    23. Gangsters of Capitalism

    Jonathan M. Katz
    Included for strong history alignment with this vietnam war list.
  24. The Korean War

    24. The Korean War

    Bruce Cumings
    Fits this list for its focus on war.

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