Articles Related to Vietnam War novel

Edge of Civilization by Jennifer Ott

January 16, 2015

Edge of Civilization By Jennifer Ott, ND. When I started reading the unusual novel,  Edge of Civilization (lulu.com, 184 pp., $20.50, paper), I assumed that the main character, Earl Hollsopple, was a Vietnam veteran. That because…

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War Dog Six by Harvey Baker

January 15, 2015

Harvey Baker's War Dog Six: Tales of the Spirit Warrior  (Amazon Digital Services, 361 pp., $3.99, Kindle), we are told by the author, "is a fictional novel and is based on the historic war Americans…

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Napalm’s Embrace by W. Thomas Leonard

January 7, 2015

I read W. Thomas Leonard's Napalm’s Embrace   (BookBaby, 456 pp., $1.99, e book) on my Kindle. It is well worth reading, and it is very cheap. This is not the usual Marine Corps novel as it is…

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Of Bone and Thunder by Chris Evans

January 5, 2015

Chris Evans is the author of the nonfiction book, Bloody Jungle: The War in Vietnam . He is a military historian and was born in Canada. Of Bone and Thunder (Gallery Books, 496 pp., $26.99,…

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Purple Sunshine by Bob Calverley

December 26, 2014

  Bob Calverley was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1967 and served for a year in the Vietnam War with the 187th Assault Helicopter Company in Tay Ninh. Calverley spent most of his tour…

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ASA Trilogy by Robert Flanagan

December 23, 2014

Bob Flanagan served sixteen years in the Army Security Agency, which is the focus of his ASA Trilogy  from Connemarra Press and AuthorHouse: Involuntary Tour  (324 pp., $31.99, hardcover; $22.99, paper, 2009), Dragon Bait (336 pp.,…

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Cao Bang: Brothers in Arms by Richard E. Baker

December 10, 2014

Richard E. Baker served in the U. S. Army with the 4th Infantry Band. He did not spend his time in Vietnam marching on parade grounds playing his horn, though. He was in the field,…

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A Common Virtue by James A. Hawkins

December 9, 2014

James A. Hawkins served eleven years as a U. S. Marine, and is a veteran of the Vietnam War. His Marine Corps Vietnam War novel, A Common Virtue (Naval Institute Press, 240 pp., $29.95), takes…

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Never Left Behind by Jim Miller

December 1, 2014

We are told that Jim Miller's Never Left Behind (RichLife Publishing, 334 pp., $20.99, paper) is a work of fiction. “The characters are either vestiges of my memory or products of my imagination, " Miller…

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I Must Survive by Harry Simpson

November 24, 2014

Harry Simpson served in the military form 1964-1966, and “experienced the constant fear of becoming part of the Vietnam Conflict and having to choose between killing and being killed.” Did Simpson serve in Vietnam, and if…

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