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* Anderson, David L. ''Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War'' (2004). [http://books.google.com/books?id=18aEuSp9fj0C&dq=%27%27Columbia+Guide+to+the+Vietnam+War%27%27 excerpt and text search] | * Anderson, David L. ''Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War'' (2004). [http://books.google.com/books?id=18aEuSp9fj0C&dq=%27%27Columbia+Guide+to+the+Vietnam+War%27%27 excerpt and text search] | ||
* Anderson, David L. ''The Vietnam War.'' (2005). 152 pp. | * Anderson, David L. ''The Vietnam War.'' (2005). 152 pp. | ||
* Elliott, David W. P. ''The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975'' (2 vol 2002), 1584 pp; the condensed paperback version runs 540pp | * Elliott, David W. P. ''The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975'' (2 vol 2002), 1584 pp; the condensed paperback version runs 540pp | ||
* Herring, George C. ''America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950–1975'' (4th ed 2001), most widely used short history. | * Herring, George C. ''America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950–1975'' (4th ed 2001), most widely used short history. | ||
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Bibliography
Surveys
- Anderson, David L. Columbia Guide to the Vietnam War (2004). excerpt and text search
- Anderson, David L. The Vietnam War. (2005). 152 pp.
- Elliott, David W. P. The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975 (2 vol 2002), 1584 pp; the condensed paperback version runs 540pp
- Herring, George C. America's Longest War: The United States and Vietnam, 1950–1975 (4th ed 2001), most widely used short history.
- Jensen, Richard. "Victory and Defeat in the Vietnam War," in Jensen et al, eds. Trans-Pacific Relations: America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century (2003) pp 171-216 .online edition
- Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam: A History (1983), popular history by journalist; strong on Saigon's plans. excerpt and text search
- Kolko, Gabriel. Anatomy of a War (1985), by prominent antiwar historian
- Kutler, Stanley ed. Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War (1996). 711pp; essays by experts
- McMahon, Robert J. Major Problems in the History of the Vietnam War: Documents and Essays (1995) textbook.
- Moïse, Edwin E. Historical Dictionary of the Vietnam War. (2002). 493 pp.
- Moyar, Mark. Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954-1965. (2006). 400 pp. vol 1, strong on Vietnamese sources; well received by conservatives. excerpt and text search
- Neu, Charles E. America's Lost War: Vietnam, 1945-1975. (2005). 272 pp.
- Schulzinger, Robert D. Time for War: The United States and Vietnam, 1941-1975. (1997) online edition
- Tucker, Spencer. ed. Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War (1998) 3 vol. 1320 pp; also one-volume 578 pp abridgement (2000). excerpt and text search
- Tucker, Spencer. Vietnam. (1999) 226pp. online edition
- Wiest, Andrew. The Vietnam War, 1956-1975 (2003). 95pp online edition
- Young, Marilyn B. and Buzzanco, Robert, eds. A Companion to the Vietnam War. (2002). 514 pp. 24 essays by antiwar scholars excerpt and text search
Vietnam
- Chen, Jian. "China's Involvement in the Vietnam War, 1964-1969," China Quarterly (1995) 142: 357-387.
- Duiker, William J. Ho Chi Minh (2000).
- Duiker, William J. Sacred War: Nationalism and Revolution in a Divided Vietnam (1994);
- Lanning, Michael Lee, and Dan Cragg, Inside the VC and the NVA: The Real Story of North Vietnam's Armed Forces (1992)
- Pike, Douglas. PAVN: People's Army of Vietnam (1986)
- Zhai, Qiang. China and the Vietnam Wars, 1950-1975 (2000);
Military studies
- Bergerud, Eric M. The Dynamics of Defeat: The Vietnam War in Hau Nghia Province (1991)
- Buzzanco, Robert. Masters of War: Military Dissent and Politics in the Vietnam Era (1996)
- Brigham, Robert K. ARVN: Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army. (2006). 178 pp.
- Clarke, Jeffrey C. Advice and Support: The Final Years, 1965-1973 (1988), official U.S. Army history
- Clodfelter, Mark. , The Limits of Airpower: The American Bombing of North Vietnam (1989),
- Davidson, Phillip B. Vietnam at War: The History: 1946-1975 (1989) excerpt and text search
- Leonard, Raymond W. "Learning from History: Linebacker II and U.S. Air Force Doctrine." Journal of Military History (1994), 58 267-303.
- Lewy, Guenter. America in Vietnam (1978), defends U.S. actions.
- McMaster, H. R. Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies that Led to Vietnam (1997).
- Military History Institute of Vietnam. Victory in Vietnam: The Official History of the People's Army of Vietnam, 1954-1975. (2002). 494 pp. official Communist history
- Pape, Robert A. "Coercive Air Power in the Vietnam War," International Security (1990) 15: 103-146;
- Sorley ; Lewis. Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times (1992)
- Sorley ; Lewis. A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and the Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam (1999)
- Spector, Ronald H. Advice and Support: The Early Years, 1941-1960 (2005)
- Spector, Ronald H. After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam (1994) excerpt and text search
- Thayer, Thomas C. War Without Fronts (1985), statistical.
- Thompson, James Clay. Rolling Thunder: Understanding Policy and Program Failure (1980).
Politics and diplomacy
- Berman, Larry. Lyndon Johnson's War: The Road to Stalemate (1991). online edition
- Freedman, Lawrence. Kennedy's Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam (2000) excerpt and text search
- Friedman, Michael Jay "Congress, the President, and the Battle of Ideas: Vietnam Policy, 1965-1969, " Essays in History (1999), online
- Jacobs, Seth. Cold War Mandarin: Ngo Dinh Diem and the Origins of America's War in Vietnam, 1950-1963. (2006). 207 pp.
- Kahin, George McTurnan. Intervention: how America became involved in Vietnam (1986) online at ACLS e-books
- Kaiser, David. American Tragedy: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Origins of the Vietnam War (2000).
- Logevall, Frederik. Choosing War: The Lost Chance for Peace and the Escalation of War in Vietnam (1999).
- Willbanks, James H. Abandoning Vietnam: How America Left and South Vietnam Lost Its War. (2004). 384 pp.
Literature, memoirs, films, memory
- Appy, Christian. Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides. (2003). 491 pp.
- Bradley, Mark Philip. Imagining Vietnam and America: The Making of Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950 (2001)
- Clymer, Kenton J., ed. The Vietnam War: Its History, Literature and Music. (1998). 195 pp.
- Hammond, William M. Public Affairs: The Military and the Media, 1968-1973 (1996)
- Heineman, Kenneth. "The Silent Majority Speaks: Antiwar Protest and Backlash, 1965-1972," Peace & Change (1992) 17: 402-433.
- Herr, Michael. Dispatches (1977), a novel
- Hillstrom, Kevin, and Laurie Collier Hillstrom. The Vietnam Experience: A Concise Encyclopedia of American Literature, Songs, and Films (1998) excerpt and text search
- Smith, R. B. The International History of the Vietnam War (3 vol. 1991) .
- Taylor, Mark. The Vietnam War in History, Literature and Film. (2003). 160 pp.
Primary sources
- Appy, Christian G. Vietnam a New History of the Conflict from All Sides: The Definitive Oral History (2008) 608 pages
- The Pentagon Papers (Gravel ed. 5 vol 1971); combination of narrative and secret documents compiled by Pentagon. excerpts
- Barrett, David M. ed. Lyndon B. Johnson's Vietnam Papers: A Documentary Collection (1997),