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1	Heat Lightning more books like this by John Sandford add to wishlist A killer is leaving a puzzling calling card in the mouths of his victims. And in the middle of a steamy Minnesota summer, Virgil Flowers of the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension finds himself embroiled in an investigation with no easy answers--and no easy way out. Available in a tall Premium Edition. see all copies from £3.93! new only from £3.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam more books like this by Gordon M Goldstein add to wishlist 'I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I have learned anything I should share it'. These are not words that Americans ever expected to hear from McGeorge Bundy, the national security adviser to presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. But in the last years of his life, Bundy - the ... see all copies from £8.45! new only from £8.45! \| first editions
3	A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam more books like this by Lewis Sorley add to wishlist While the bulk of books on the Vietnam War chart its slow escalation, this in-depth analysis illuminates the later years of America's involvement in the war. Sorley, a war veteran and military history writer, focuses on the years after 1968's Tet Offensive, relying heavily on notes taken from over 400 classified tapes recorded in Saigon between ... see all copies from £8.97! new only from £8.97!
4	Tree of Smoke more books like this by Denis Johnson add to wishlist From the author of "Jesus' Son" comes this long-awaited follow-up--a National Book Award-winning tale of two American families swept up in the secrets and lies of the Vietnam war. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Berets more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist The fifth volume in the "Brotherhood of War" series, continuing the interwoven stories of four United States soldiers. This volume follows the fortunes of the Special Forces in Vietnam. Other books in this series include "The Colonels", "The Majors", "The Captains" and "The Colonels". see all copies from £3.30! new only from £3.30! \| first editions
6	Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam more books like this by John A Nagl, John Schoomaker (Foreword by) add to wishlist Invariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In "Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife", Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl - a veteran of both Operation Desert Storm and the current conflict in Iraq - considers the now-crucial question of how armies adapt to changing circumstances during the course of conflicts for which they ... see all copies from £8.50! new only from £8.50!
7	Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam more books like this by Cynthia Kadohata add to wishlist The 2005 Newbery Medal-winning author of "Kira-Kira" returns with this action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War, as seen through the eyes of a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy, and her handler, a young soldier who thinks he's not tough enough for war. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.73! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	When Heaven and Earth Changed Places: Tie-In Edition more books like this by Le Ly Hayslip, Jay Wurts add to wishlist Le Ly recounts her childhood in Ky La and her return to Vietnam in 1986 to search for the family she had left behind. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £8.12!
9	We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam more books like this by Harold G Moore, Joseph L Galloway add to wishlist Almost 15 years since its original publication the bestseller. "We are Soldiers OnceAnd Young" (1992) is still required reading in all branches of the military. Every day the authors receive letters from readers wanting to know what's happened to the characters they came to admire such as Ed "Too Tall to Fly" Freeman and Bruce "Old Snake" Crandall ... see all copies from £1.80! new only from £1.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	The Village more books like this by Bing West, Francis J West add to wishlist A classic memoir of the Vietnam War written by a Marine captain. He recalls the work of Combined Action Platoons (CAPs), and describes how 15 US Marines worked with the inhabitants of the small village of Binh Nghia to battle against the Viet Cong. see all copies from £3.18! new only from £3.18!
11 view cover	Letters from Wolfie more books like this by Patti Sherlock add to wishlist In 1969, 13-year-old Mark donates his dog, Wolfie, to the Army's scout program. He feels sure he's doing the right thing since his brother Danny is serving in Vietnam. As Danny's letters home become increasingly grim, Mark grows more unsure of his decision to send Wolfie--and of his feelings about the war. see all copies from £2.62! new only from £2.62! \| first editions
12 view cover	Good Scent from a Strange Mountain: Stories more books like this by Robert Olen Butler add to wishlist Robert Olen Butler served as a translator in Vietnam. In A GOOD SCENT FROM A STRANGE MOUNTAIN, he draws on his experience with that country to write about about postwar Vietnamese émigrés in New Orleans, and the Americans whose lives touch theirs. The collection won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Secrets: 4a Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers more books like this by Daniel Ellsberg add to wishlist In this memoir, the Vietnam vet and one-time Rand Corporation analyst responsible for the release of the the Pentagon papers looks back on what led to his decision and considers it in the light of history. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps more books like this by Ellen Emerson White add to wishlist Patrick Flaherty leaves his Boston home when he joins the U.S. Marines and heads for the tumultuous conflict in Vietnam. Scared, but brave, Patrick must deal with all of the emotions of a disturbing war, and chronicles what he witnesses in his journal. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.98! \| first editions
15 view cover	Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers more books like this by Daniel Ellsberg add to wishlist In this memoir, the Vietnam vet and one-time Rand Corporation analyst responsible for the release of the the Pentagon papers looks back on what led to his decision and considers it in the light of history. see all copies from £3.11! new only from £4.02! \| first editions
16 view cover	Flying Through Midnight: A Pilot's Dramatic Story of His Secret Missions Over Laos During the Vietnam War more books like this by John T Halliday add to wishlist In 1970, a young American pilot arrived at a dusty, half-deserted US air force base and found himself on a battlefront he'd never heard of - the secret black-ops war in Laos. see all copies from £3.30! new only from £3.30! \| first editions
17 view cover	In the Moon of Red Ponies more books like this by James Lee Burke add to wishlist In this fourth novel starring Billy Bob Holland, the ex-Texas Ranger turned attorney, he must defend himself against threats both personal and professional. Billy Bob and his PI wife Temple had hoped that they'd seen the last of Wyatt Dixon, the insane rodeo clown who buried Temple alive in the previous novel, BITTERROOT. Unfortunately, he's been ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £4.29! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides more books like this by Christian G Appy add to wishlist These oral histories from people on both sides of the Vietnam conflict--combatants, journalists, protesters, ordinary citizens--reflect on what it was like to be there at a defining moment in history. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Fields of Fire more books like this by James H Webb add to wishlist Originally published in 1978, Webb's classic novel of the Vietnam War follows three soldiers from different worlds who are plunged into a white-hot murderous realm of jungle warfare as it was fought by one Marine platoon in the An Hoa Basin in 1969. In the heat and horror of battle, they took on new identities, took on each other, and were each ... see all copies from £3.42! new only from £3.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir more books like this by Danielle Trussoni add to wishlist Danielle Trussoni unflinchingly explores a daughter's love for her flawed father and confronts the demons that haunt them both. R"Falling Through the Earth" is tender and tough, harrowing and triumphant.S--Jeanette Walls, author of "The Glass Castle." see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	Acceptable Loss more books like this by Kregg Jorgenson add to wishlist After watching most of his buddies die in a firefight when his LRRP team was overrun by the NVA, Jorgenson volunteered to serve on a Blue Team in the Air Cavalry--under intense enemy fire--racing to aid fliers downed and down for the count. Jorgenson survived 54 missions as point man in just 10 months in Vietnam. see all copies from £2.69! new only from £2.69! \| first editions
22 view cover	Surviving Hell: A POW's Journey more books like this by Leo Thorsness add to wishlist Thorsness joined the US Air Force in 1951 at age 18 and became a jet pilot during the Vietnam War. During a 1967 mission he was shot down over North Vietnam. Injured and captured, he spent six years in the Hanoi Hilton. This book tells the harrowing story of captivity, as told by the man who lived it. see all copies from £12.22! new only from £12.22! \| first editions
23 view cover	The walking dead : a marine's story of Vietnam more books like this by Craig Roberts, Charles W. Sasser add to wishlist The story of nineteen-year-old Pfc. Craig Roberts's 1965 experiences with the 9th Marines follows their terrifying encounters at Cam Ne, Le Son, the Phong Le Bridge, and in "Operation Starlight." Reissue. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.20! \| first editions
24 view cover	Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam more books like this by James S Hirsch add to wishlist Hirsch recounts a remarkable friendship forged between two U.S. soldiers in one of the most harrowing settings the 20th century has ever produced--the North Vietnamese POW camp known as the Zoo. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £5.61! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	All the Broken Pieces: A Novel in Verse more books like this by Ann E Burg add to wishlist Two years after being airlifted out of war-torn Vietnam, Matt Pin is haunted: by bombs that fell like dead crows, by the family -- and the terrible secret -- he left behind. Now, inside a caring adoptive home in the United States, a series of profound events force him to choose between silence and candor, blame and forgiveness, fear and freedom. ... see all copies from £8.05! new only from £8.05!

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