42 Recommended Reading List on the Viet Nam War
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This article is from the Vietnam FAQ, by Brian Ross, John R. Tegtmeier, Edwin E. Moise, Frank Vaughan, John Tegtmeier with numerous contributions by others.
42 Recommended Reading List on the Viet Nam War
The recommended reading list for the Indochina wars
developed by the moderators of soc.history.war.vietnam primarily on the
basis of an extensive survey of noted academics/authors in the
field, veterans and members of the era's anti-war movement and we
continue to make ongoing inquiries regarding new works. We
have also attempted to make this list as diversified as possible,
both in the range of topics and the viewpoints represented.
The reading list itself has been divided into several
sections for ease on use. The first section of the reading list is a
short core reading list, works both of exceptional merit and
focus. The core reading are designed to give both the
casual reader and the serious student an overview of the various
aspects of the conflicts in Southeast Asia.
The remaining sections represent a more extensive selection
of material in particular areas of interest, ranging from
politics to combat to socio-cultural issues to fiction and literary
criticism.
We strongly suggest that readers who are unfamiliar with
Vietnamese culture and society read at least one of the core
offerings in that area (such as Jamieson's Understanding
Vietnam) to gain some perspective before tackling the history of the
wars.
Selected specialized bibliographies, by topic, are posted
from time to time on the newsgroup. Links to Professor Edwin
Moise's extensive bibliography, the logs of the newsgroup and the
most recent copies of all FAQS and specialized bibliographies are
available on the web at the following site:
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/shwv/shwvhome.html
Please send any comments, suggestions or corrections to the
newsgroup request address, vietnam-request@home.net.
Enjoy.
John Tegtmeier, moderator - soc.history.war.vietnam
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