Nonfiction
Author Query: Divine Intervention in the War Zone
March 6, 2017
For a book he is preparing, Mike Burns, the author of A Battalion of Angels, and a Vietnam War veteran, would like to hear from folks who, in his words, "experienced some form of Divine…
‘Ace’ Receives Independent Publisher Book Award
August 10, 2016
Rex Gooch's 2015 book, ACE: The Story of Lt. Col. Ace Cozzalio , received a 2016 Independent Publisher Books Award Bronze Medal in the category of Best Adult Nonfiction Personal E-Book. In the book Gooch---who served…
New Electronic Edition of ‘Friendly Fire’
May 9, 2016
Friendly Fire, one of the earliest (1976) notable nonfiction books about the Vietnam War, is now available electronically through Open Road Media . The book, written by the late C. D. B. Bryan , deals…
U.S. Army Psychiatry in the Vietnam War by Norman M. Camp
September 23, 2015
Very few aspects of the American war in Vietnam have not come under the microscope in books, magazine articles, scholarly journals, blog posts---or any other medium. One part of the war that has seen little light…
Content With My Wages by Gregory H. Murry
September 21, 2015
A Bill Mauldin Second World War cartoon has Willie telling Joe: "You'll get over it, Joe. Oncet I was gonna write a book exposin' the army after th' war myself." Retired Army Master Sergeant Gregory H.…
One Day as a Lion by Ronnie D. Foster
September 17, 2015
Ronnie D. Foster has written a thoroughly researched and most interesting book, One Day as a Lion: True Stories of the Vietnam War Heroes from Collin County, Texas ( Entry Way Publishing, 242 pp., $16.95,…
Vietnam 1967-68 by David R. Higgins
September 1, 2015
Vietnam 1967-68: U.S. Marine Versus NVA Soldier (Osprey, 80 pp., $18.95, paper; $15, .95 e book) is an excellent book for readers unfamiliar with the Vietnam War. In it, author David R. Higgins, a veteran…
There and Back by Lisa A. Lark
August 30, 2015
Lisa A. Lark, the author of There and Back: The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It (M.T. Publishing Company, Inc., 136 pp., $39.95), also has written All They Left Behind: Legacies…
The Longest Rescue by Glenn Robins
August 24, 2015
The Longest Rescue: The Life and Legacy of Vietnam POW William A. Robinson, which came out in 2013, is now available in paperback (University Press of Kentucky, 296 pp., $19.95). In it, the historian Glenn Robins…
Kontum by Thomas P. McKenna
August 21, 2015
Retired Army Lt. Col. Thomas P. McKenna’s Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam, which was published in 2011, is now out in paperback (University of Kentucky, 378 pp., $28). As we noted in our…