Fiction
We Don’t Walk Nowhere by James L. Longton
November 21, 2011
Although it is billed on the cover as “A Jim Longton Novel: Vietnam, 66-67, ” James L. Longton's We Don’t Walk Nowhere (Trafford Publishing, 240 pp., $16.26 paper) reads more like a memoir than a…
Trouble at Puma Creek by Wesley Murphey
November 9, 2011
Wesley Murphey, who served four years in the submarine service between 1974 and 1979, says he’s always had a fascination with the Vietnam War. Perhaps that is because he just missed taking part in it. His mystery/thriller,…
Nothing Left to Lose by Allan G. Johnson
October 20, 2011
Allan G. Johnson received a PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan in 1972, so I deduce he spent most of the Vietnam War in graduate school. His biography has no mention of military…
Now Playing… Again by Patrick J. Dunlavy
October 20, 2011
Just as John Carter bumped his head and was transported to Mars to become a warlord in the Edgar Rice Burroughs novel, Bryan Powers, the protagonist of Patrick J. Dunlavy's conjectural novel, Now Playing... Again:…
Song Ba To by Drew Mendelson
October 5, 2011
Drew Mendelson served in Vietnam in 1970 as an forward artillery observer with the 6th Battalion, 11th Artillery attached to an infantry company (Bravo 4/3). He has chosen to write Song Ba To: A War Novel (MDM…
Altamont Augie by Robert Barager
September 11, 2011
I searched for but could not find a likeable character in Altamont Augie (Interloper Press, 308 pp., $15.95, paper) by Robert Barager. I didn’t even find an interesting one. The three main characters are like spring-loaded…
The Black Heart by Michael Fuson
September 11, 2011
The author of The Black Heart (CreateSpace, 448 pp., $19.95, paper), T. Michael Fuson, was a Chief Warrant Officer in the U. S. Army and flew helicopter gunships during his 1969-70 tour based out of…
Missing in Action by Kevin Diviness
September 7, 2011
Missing in Action: A Family Saga by Kevin Diviness ( Wandering Sage Publications, 234 pp., $16.95 paper) is a well-written action/adventure novel of the recovery of MIA remains. It carries the weight of extensive research. Author…
First a Torch by Richard Baker
August 22, 2011
First a Torch by Richard Baker (Ink and Lens, Ltd., 488 pp., $22, paper) is a novel of the defeat of the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954. This large book reminds…
The Killer is Dying by James Sallis
August 22, 2011
In The Killer is Dying (Walker and Company, 240 pp., $24) James Sallis, a master novelist of suspense and mystery, has given us a novel in which the Vietnam War is integral, but that connection…