Bain, Chester, Arthur, Vietnam,
The Roots of Conflict
. New York: Prentice, 1967.
A good general history of the Vietnam War.
Bain, David, Aftershocks,
A Tale of Two Victims
. Metheum: 1980.
Discusses the psychological and emotional effects of the Vietnam War on veterans.
Halstead, Fred,
Out Now.
New York: Monad Press, 1978.
A participants account of the American movement against the Vietnam War during the 1960’s and 1970’s.
Herr, Michael,
Dispatches
. New York: Avon Books, 1978.
A frank personal account of the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a journalist.
Hersh, Seymour,
My Lai
. New York: Random House, 1970.
A report on the My Lai massacre and its aftermath.
Hersh, Seymour,
Cover Up
. New York: Random House, 1970.
Discusses the army’s secret investigation of the My Lai massacre.
Higgins, Marguerite,
Our Vietnam Nightmare
. New York: Harper and Row, 1965.
Traces the American involvement in the Vietnam War through 1965.
Hodgson, Godfrey,
America in Our Time
. New York: Vintage Books, 1976.
A good general comprehensive account of the 1960’s and early 1970’s
Kendrick, Alexander,
The Wound Within—America
in the Vietnam
Years
. Little Brown, 1974.
Discusses the turmoil going on in the United States during the Vietnam War years.
Kovic, Ron,
Born on the Fourth of July
. New York: McGraw-Hill 1976.
A soldier’s account of the Vietnam War; offers personal narratives demonstrating conflicts.
Moore, Robin,
The Green Berets
, New York: Crown Publishers, 1965.
An account of the role of the Green Berets during the Vietnam War.
Podhoretz, Norman,
Why We Were In Vietnam
. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982.
Discussion on the reasons for United States involvement in the Vietnam War; attempts to justify our intervention.
Polner, Murray,
No Victory Parades
. New York: Holt, 1971. Discusses the lack of concern for the Vietnam veteran.
Shaplen, Robert,
The Lost Revolution
. New York: Harper and Row, 1965.
The story of 20 years of neglected opportunities in Vietnam and America’s failure to foster democracy there.
Simon, Hamel, & Kirschenbaum,
Values Clarification
. New York: Hart Publishing, 1972.
A good handbook of practical strategies for teachers and students. The book provides the teacher with specific practical strategies to help the students to consider alternative modes of thinking and acting.
Smith, Julian,
Looking Away, Hollywood and
Vietnam
. New York: Scribners, 1975.
A look at the way in which movies have depicted the Vietnam War.
Walzer, Michael,
Just and Unjust Wars
. New York: Basic Books Inc. 1977.
Covers such subjects as the moral reality of war, the theory of aggression, dilemmas of war and the question of responsibility. He presents his arguments for antiwar by giving examples dating back to ancient Greece to Vietnam.
Student Bibliography
Caputo, Phil,
A Rumor of War
. New York: Ballantine Books, 1977.
An honest account of a young college graduate’s experience in the Vietnam War as a lieutenant in the Marine Corp., admits to having enlisted in the marines for the “heroic” experience of war.
Goettel, Elinor,
America’s Wars-Why
? Illinois: McDougal, Littell, 1974.
Traces the involvement of the U.S. on the world’s battlefields; Why did America fight? Is there any set pattern?
Johnson, Lyndon, “
Peace Without Conquest
” Public Papers of the President of the U.S., Volume I Washington D.C. Government Printing Office, 1966.
President Johnson presents his defense for the American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Marks, Richard,
The Letters of PFC Richard Marks
. New York: McGraw Hill, 1976.
A personal account of a young private’s experiences in Vietnam in the Marine Corp.
Merklin, Lewis,
They Choose Honor.
New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
Presents the arguments used for those young men who were issued conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War.
Parrish, John A.
12, 20, & 5
. New York: E.P. Dutton, 1972.
A memoir of one man’s agonized confrontation with war; a young doctor who reluctantly accepts a military commission and spends a year behind the front lines in Vietnam.
Raskin, Marcus,
The Vietnam Reader
. New York: Random House, 1965.
A collection of articles and documents on American foreign policy and the Vietnam crisis.
Sanders, Jacquin,
The Draft and the Vietnam War
. New York: Walker, 1966.
Discusses the various options that were available to young men of draftable age during the Vietnam War.
Santoli, Al,
Everything We Had
. New York: Random House, 1981.
An oral history of 33 Vietnam veterans telling of the experiences they had and the feelings they encountered.
