Two Cities: Hanoi And Saigon

History

Neil Sheehan

Asia

JONATHAN CAPE.

25th ANNIVERSARY EDITION. One of the most acclaimed books of our time—the definitive Vietnam War exposé. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. When he came to Vietnam in 1962, Lieutenant Colonel John Paul Vann was the one clear-sighted participant in an enterprise riddled with arrogance and self-deception, a charismatic soldier who put his life and career on the line in an attempt to convince his superiors that the war should be fought another way. By the time he died in 1972, Vann had embraced the follies he once decried. He died believing that the war had been won. In this magisterial book, a monument of history and biography that was awarded the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, a renowned journalist tells the story of John Vann—"the one irreplaceable American in Vietnam"—and of the tragedy that destroyed a country and squandered so much of America's young manhood and resources.

A Bright Shining Lie. John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Biographies & Memoirs

Picador

Based on investigative reporting by Neil Sheehan with key documents and 64 pages of photographs.

The Pentagon Papers: The Secret History of the Vietnam War

Military

BANTAM BOOKS

Outspoken, professional and fearless, Lt Colonel John Paul Vann went to Vietnam in 1962, full of confidence in America's might and right to prevail. He was soon appalled by the South Vietnamese troops' unwillingness to fight, by their random slaughter of civilians, and by the arrogance and corruption of the US military. He flouted his supervisors, and leaked his sharply pessimistic assessment to the US press corps in Saigon. Among them was Neil Sheehan, who became fascinated by the angry Vann, befriended him, and followed his tragic and reckless career. Blunt, idealistic, patronizing to the Vietnamese, Vann was haunted by a shameful secret - the fact that he was the illegitimate son of a "white trash" prostitute. Gambling away his career, Vann left the army that he loved and returned to Vietnam as a civilian in the pacification programme. He rose to become the first American civilian to wield a general's command in war. When he was killed in 1972, he was mourned at Arlington cemetery by leading political figures of the day.

A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Leaders & Notable People

Pimlico

Contains the complete text of the controversial New York Times report, as well as background materials on their origin and significance

The Pentagon Papers As Published by the New York Times: The Secret History of the Vietnam War

E.W. Kenworthy, Fox Butterfield, Hedrick Smith

Americas

Times Books

Eyewitness Battlefield Stories from Photographers and Journalists.

We Were There

James Jones

Philip Caputo

david-halberstam

john-steinbeck

Arnett

Blackdog & Leventhal

For more than a decade, American soldiers fought an unpredictable, unspeakably painful battle in the fields, cities, town, and rivers of Vietnam. Three American presidents held office during that time and thousands upon thousands of lives were lost. The Vietnam War is one of the most heatedly debated conflicts in history. Yet, for the troops who were there, it was an interminable march of long, hot days, filled with destruction, exhaustion, and fear. We Were There: Vietnam chronicles those long years of war from the perspectives of soldiers who fought in daily battle and the reporters and photographers who recorded events alongside them It includes essays from such literary luminaries as John Steinbeck, and James Jones; accounts from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists David Halberstam, Peter Arnett, and Malcolm Brown; and searing photographs from Pulitzer Prize-winner Horst Fass and others. In its immediacy and intensity, this visual account is unlike any other chronicle of war. We Were There is a carefully researched collection of words and images that provides a unique view of the Vietnam War; deeply personal memories from those who experienced the agony and profound frustration of the day-to-day conflict firsthand.

We Were There, Vietnam: Eyewitness Battlefield Stories

Peter Arnett

Tess_Press

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