Fwd: Books on Vietnam

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Aug 17 09:57:15 PDT 2001


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>Been a couple of years since I read them but they stand out in memory;
>
>'Fire in the Lake' Frances Fitzgerald
>'The 10,000 Day War' Michael Maclear (was an early 80's television series as
>well)
>'Vietnam' Stanley Karnow, pretty standard history from an American perspective
>
>'Sideshow' William Shawcross, nominally about the invasion of
>Cambodia (a 'Sideshow'
>no one would be intrested in according to Henry Vader and Darth Nixon), good
>take on the regional issues/complexities of the war.
>Kolko's book is excellent and has a wide variety of excellent sources.
>
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>PC
>N Paul Childs
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