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490. -. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket.
491. Taylor, General Maxwell D. (Ret.). THE UNCERTAIN TRUMPET. NY: Harper (1960). Analysis of the deficiencies of U.S. defense policies, by the former Army Chief of Staff. An insider's account. Early references to Vietnam and Laos. Very good in price-clipped dust jacket.
492. Taylor, Thomas. WHERE THE ORANGE BLOOMS. One Man's War and Escape in Vietnam. NY: McGraw-Hill (1989). Uncorrected proof copy. Nonfiction, a personal account of the author's time in Vietnam and also the story of one Vietnamese's experience in the war and after. By the author of A Piece of This Country and A-18. Fine in wrappers.
493. Terry, Wallace. BLOODS. An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans. NY: RH (1984). Uncorrected proof of this landmark anthology of blacks' experiences in the war. Fine.
494. -. Same title, first edition. Fine in dust jacket. Reprinted many times, the first is scarce.
495. Thich Nhat Hahn. VIETNAM. Lotus in a Sea of Fire. NY: Hill & Wang (1967). The simultaneous issue in wrappers of this short "Buddhist proposal for peace" with an introduction by Thomas Merton. Nhat Hahn has also published much poetry of the war, and in recent years has been one of the Buddhist voices most widely published and read by the "New Age" movement, an outgrowth of the counterculture of the 1960's and, by association, the antiwar movement. Fine copy.
496. -. Same title, the issue in cloth. Six-line poem by former owner on the title pages otherwise a near fine copy in dust jacket. Quite a bit scarcer than the wrappered issue.
497. Thomas, Liz. DUST OF LIFE. NY: Dutton (1977). Personal account of a young British nurse who went to Vietnam and started a shelter for girls who had been living on the streets. Fine in dj.
498. Tiede, Tom. YOUR MEN AT WAR. Cleveland: Newspaper Enterprise Assoc. (1966). Early first-hand account of American GIs in Vietnam, by a reporter who later wrote several highly regarded books on the war. Fine in wrappers. Profusely illustrated with photographs - color and b & w. Scarce.
499. Tiede, Tom. CALLEY. SOLDIER OR KILLER? NY: Pinnacle (1971). An appraisal of Lt. Calley in light of the context of the war.
500. Tolson, Lt. Gen. John J. AIRMOBILITY IN VIETNAM. Helicopter Warfare in Southeast Asia. D.C.: Dept. of Army, 1973. Overview, including many specific personal accounts. Published as part of the "Vietnam Studies" series. Former owner's name stamped on front cover, else a very good copy.
501. -. Same title, book club edition (NY: Arno 1981).
502. Townsend, Peter. THE GIRL IN THE WHITE SHIP. NY: HRW (1981). Account of the horrific journey to freedom of one Vietnamese boat person. Uncorrected proof. Near fine.
503. Tran Van Don. OUR ENDLESS WAR. Inside Vietnam. San Rafael, CA: Presidio (1978). Personal account by a ranking South Vietnamese politician and military man. A historical overview colored with numerous anecdotes from the author's experience as a participant. Fine in dust jacket.
504. Tregaskis, Richard. VIETNAM DIARY. NY: HRW (1963). One of the earliest eyewitness accounts of U.S. troops in combat in Vietnam. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
505. -. Another copy, ex-library. Very good in dust jacket.
506. -. Same title, Taiwan piracy from first edition sheets; fine in very good dj.
507. -. Same title, first revised edition (NY: Popular Library 1966). An extra entry has been added to the book dated "May 1, 1966." A very good copy in wrappers.
508. Trotti, John. PHANTOM OVER VIETNAM. Fighter Pilot, USMC. Novato, CA: Presidio (1984). Uncorrected proof copy. Personal account by a Marine pilot who flew over 600 missions.
509. Truong Nhu Tang with David Chanoff and Doan Van Toai. A VIETCONG MEMOIR. NY: HBJ (1985). Personal account of a founder of the National Liberation Front and former Minister of Justice in the provisional Viet Cong government, who left Vietnam as a "boat person" after the war, when he felt that the revolution had been subverted and betrayed. Fine in dust jacket.
510. Tucker, James Guy, Jr. ARKANSAS MEN AT WAR. Little Rock: Pioneer Press (1968). Personal accounts of soldiers from Arkansas, by a reporter who went to Vietnam. Illustrated with his photographs. Near fine in wrappers. Undoubtedly scarce.
511. Turpin, Dr. James W. with Al Hirshberg. VIETNAM DOCTOR. The Story of Project Concern. NY: McGraw-Hill (1966). Story of a clinic in Vietnam, by the doctor who started it.
512. Uhl, Michael. GI GUINEA PIGS. NY: Playboy (1980). An expose of the GIs' exposure to deadly hazards -- Agent Orange in Vietnam, and atomic radiation during the nuclear testing of the 1950s. Former owner's name stamped on front flyleaf, otherwise near fine in dust jacket.
513. Van Buskirk, Robert with Fred Bauer. TAIL WIND. Waco, TX: Word Books (1983). Autobiographical account of a Special Forces officer in Vietnam who eventually becomes a born-again Christian. Fine in dust jacket.
514. Vance, Samuel. THE COURAGEOUS AND THE PROUD. A Black Man in the White Man's Army. NY: Norton (1970). An autobiographical account, one of the few by black veterans of the Vietnam war. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
515. Vanderbie, Jan H. PROV REP VIETNAM. A Provincial Representative's Account of Two Years in Vietnam 1966-68. Phil.: Dorrance (1970). Vanity press personal account, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf. Very good in dust jacket.
516. Van Devanter, Lynda with Christopher Morgan. HOME BEFORE MORNING. The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam. NY: Beauford (1983). A first-person account, one of the few by women. Fine in very good dust jacket.
517. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
518. Veysey, Arthur. DEATH AND THE JUNGLE. Lon: Library 33 (1966). According to the dust jacket, "the first and only first-hand account of the fighting in Vietnam." Not exactly true, but an early and very scarce account nonetheless. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Uncommon.
519. Vietnam Veterans Against The War. THE WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION: An Inquiry Into American War Crimes. Bos: Beacon (1972). Important record of these hearings on atrocites, with many personal accounts by veterans.
520. Vitel, Michael. CHARLIE'S PARADISE, 1967-68. NY: Vantage (1987). Vanity press personal account by a writer who served with the Marines. Fine in dust jacket (sun-faded).
521. Walker, Keith. A PIECE OF MY HEART. The Stories of Twenty Six American Women Who Served in Vietnam. Novato: Presidio (1985). An important "oral history" of the war from the perspective of a number of women veterans. Fine in fine dust jacket.
522. -. NY: Ballantine (1985). First paperback edition. Fine in wrappers.
523. Warner, Denis. THE LAST CONFUCIAN. NY: Macmillan (1963). An assessment of American efforts to stem Southeast Asia's "slide into chaos and Communism," by a longtime observer. Fine in a very good dust jacket. Errata slip laid in.
524. -. Same title, first revised edition, a paperback original (Baltimore: Penguin 1964). Markings on inside cover and first (summary) leaf.
525. Warner, Denis. CERTAIN VICTORY. How Hanoi Won the War. Mission,KS: Sheed Andrews and McMeel (1978). Advance review copy. A longtime journalist's account of the war and its aftermath. Very good in dust jacket.
526. Waters, Mary Alice. G.I.'S AND THE FIGHT AGAINST WAR. (NY): (Young Socialist) (1967). Second printing of this pamphlet about the GI Movement, by an author who has since become a prominent television newscaster. Introduction by Fred Halstead. Owner name first page; price inked out front cover, otherwise very good.
527. Webb, Kate. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WAR. (n.p.): United Press International, 1971. A chronicle of the 23 days this correspondent spent captured by the Viet Cong. This is a small pamphlet the author wrote about her experience. Fine in wrappers.
528. Webb, Kate. ON THE OTHER SIDE. 23 Days With The Viet Cong. NY: Quadrangle (1972). The author's account of her captivity, expanded to book length, with photographs. Very good in dj.
529. Webber, Elsie. THE SAVING RAIN. Boston: Branden (1989). Account of one Cambodian girl and her family after the Khmer Rouge takeover in 1975. Fine in dust jacket.
530. Weiss, Peter. NOTES ON THE CULTURAL LIFE OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM. NY: Delta (1970). Personal account of a trip to Vietnam taken by this playwright, author of Marat/Sade and others. Only issued in wrappers in this country. Fine copy.
531. Wesseler, David. HALF A WORLD AWAY. NY: Vantage (1980). Vanity press personal account of a soldier who was severely wounded in Vietnam. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
532. West, F.J., Jr. THE VILLAGE. NY: H&R (1972). One of the classic personal accounts of the war, the story of U.S. Marines living, working and fighting side-by-side with Vietnamese villagers for 17 months, in defense of a small village. Fine in fine dust jacket.
533. Westmoreland, General William C. A SOLDIER REPORTS. Garden City: Doubleday, 1976. Later printing of this memoir by the Army's field Commander in Vietnam, later Chief of Staff. Inscribed by the author in 1977, with a note from laid in from a publisher's representative.
534. -. Same title, first edition, inscribed by the author. Fine in dust jacket.
535. (Westmoreland, Gen. William C.). Furgurson, Ernest B. WESTMORELAND. The Inevitable General. Bos: LB (1968). Biography of Gneral Westmoreland. Name o/w fine in near fine dj.
536. Wheeler, John. TOUCHED WITH FIRE. The Future of the Vietnam Generation. NY: Watts, 1984. An overview of the entire generation, with numerous personal stories included. Fine in jacket.
537. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.
538. Whitmore, Terry and Richard Weber. MEMPHIS NAM SWEDEN. The Autobiography of a Black American Exile. Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. One of the small number of accounts by and about black veterans of Vietnam, by one who deserted. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket.
539. Whittington, Ruben Benjamin. MOONSPINNERS, VIET NAM '65-'66. NY: Vantage (1986). Another, more recent black personal account, this a vanity press publication. Like many others, this one uses novelistic techniques to bring immediacy to the story. Fine in dust jacket.
540. Wilcox, Fred A. WAITING FOR AN ARMY TO DIE. The Tragedy of Agent Orange. NY: RH (1983). Nonfiction history and overview, laced with numerous personal statements. Fine in dj.
541. Willenson, Kim. THE BAD WAR. An Oral History of the Vietnam War. NY: New American Library (1987). Only issued in wrappers; 77 personal statements by people who participated in the war in a variety of capacities. Fine.
542. Williams, Roger Neville. THE NEW EXILES. American War Resisters in Canada. NY: Liveright (1971). Foreword by William Sloane Coffin. A study of draft evaders/dodgers/resisters by an author who himself evaded the draft, "hiding out" in Vietnam as a war correspondent. Owner name, otherwise fine in very good dust jacket with a few edge nicks.
543. Willwerth, James. EYE IN THE LAST STORM. A Reporter's Journal of One Year in Southeast Asia. NY: Grossman, 1972. An uncommon first person account. Black "X" on front free endpaper otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket.
544. Winn, Brig. Gen. David W., USAF (Ret.). THE ANGELS WEEP. (n.p.): (n.p.) (n.d.). Personal account of the author's five years as a POW. A small pamphlet, near fine in wrappers.
545. (Winter Soldier Investigation). LIBERATION, Spring 1971. NY: Liberation, 1971. Left-wing magazine printing excerpts from the Winter Soldier hearings, with several personal accounts printed in their entirety. Very good.
546. (Winter Soldier Archive). THE SHORT TIMER'S JOURNAL. Soldiering in Vietnam. No. 1. Berkeley, CA: Winter Soldier Archive,1980. First issue of this important journal dedicated to preserving record of the veteran's experience in Vietnam. First-person accounts. Fine in wrappers.
547. (Winter Soldier Archive). THE SHORT-TIMER'S JOURNAL. Soldiering in Vietnam. No. 2. Berkeley: WSA, 1981. The second issue of this journal. Fine in wrappers.
548. (Winter Soldier Archive). THE SHORT-TIMER'S JOURNAL. Soldiering in Vietnam Nos. 1 & 2. Berkeley: WSA (n.p.). The first two issues, bound together. Fine in wrappers.
549. Wolff, Michael. WHITE KIDS. NY: Summit (1979). Personal accounts of a number of young people in the U.S. during the latter stages of the war, and after. Fine in dust jacket.
550. Wulff, Robert M. VILLAGE OF THE OUTCASTS. Garden City: Doubleday, 1967. A personal narrative of an American who was a precursor to the Peace Corps in Thailand. Former owner's bold ink inscription on flyleaf, else a near fine copy in dust jacket.
551. Yezzo, Dominick. A G.I.'S VIETNAM DIARY 1968-1969. NY: Franklin Watts, 1974. A draftee's account of his day-to-day life during his tour of duty. Fine in dust jacket.
552. Young, Perry Deane. TWO OF THE MISSING. A Reminiscence of Some Friends in the War. NY: Coward McCann (1974). Account of the disappearance of two journalists, Sean Flynn and Dana Stone, written by a friend, also a journalist. Fine in dj (price-clipped) and signed by the author.
553. -. Another copy, unsigned. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
554. Zaffiri, Samuel. HAMBURGER HILL. Novato, CA: Presidio (1988). Reconstruction of this battle, based on numerous participants' accounts. Fine in dust jacket.
555. Zumbro, Ralph. TANK SERGEANT. Novato: Presidio (1986). Personal account by a vet, with numerous photographs. Fine in dust jacket.
End of Personal Accounts.
GENERAL NONFICTION -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND and ANALYSES.
556. ABC'S ABOUT VIETNAM. Nyack, NY: Friends Peace Committee (n.d.). A single folded sheet summarizing "the facts and ideas you need to know before making up your mind on this complex issue." Here reissued by the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Fine.
557. Aber, Joel. GERM WARFARE RESEARCH FOR VIETNAM. Phil: Philadelphia Area Committee to End the War in Vietnam (c. 1966). A history of the Institute for Cooperative Research, a department at the University of Pennsylvania engaged in germ warfare research. A very good copy in wrappers.
558. Adler, Renata. RECKLESS DISREGARD. NY: Knopf, 1986. Report on the Westmoreland vs. CBS News libel suit resulting from the CBS documentary The Uncounted Enemy. Fine in jacket.
559. (Agency For International Development). THE OTHER WAR IN VIETNAM. A Progress Report D.C.: Agency for International Development, 1966. A report on the non-military side of the American involvement in Vietnam at that time. Very good in wrappers.
560. Allen, Richard. A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF SOUTHEAST ASIA. NY: Oxford University, 1970. Inscribed by the author in February 1970. Fine in near fine dj.
561. (American Friends Service Committee). PEACE IN VIETNAM. A New Approach in Southeast Asia. NY: Hill and Wang (1966). A report prepared for the American Friends Service Committee discussing how peace could be reached in Vietnam. Fine in very good dj. Uncommon in hardcover.
562. -. Same title, review copy of the issue in wrappers. Very good.
563. -. Same title, second printing of the issue in wrappers. Fine.
564. (Anonymous). ANNUAL REPORT OF THE UNITED STATES OPERATIONS MISSION TO VIETNAM. (n.p.): (n.p.) (1958). An early vehicle for the American Government to demonstrate the cooperation and friendship between the U.S. and Vietnam. A very good copy in wrappers.
ANTHOLOGIES (Arranged Chronologically).
565. Osanka, Franklin Mark. MODERN GUERRILLA WARFARE. Fighting Communist Guerrilla Movements, 1941-1961. (NY): The Free Press at Glencoe (1962). 37 authors contribute including Bernard B. Fall, Denis Warner, and Colonel Robert B. Rigg (author of How to Stay Alive in Vietnam), who contribute to the portion on Indochina. With extensive bibliography. A very early collection on such a subject. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
566. (Thayer Philip W., ed.). SOUTHEAST ASIA IN THE COMING WORLD. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins (1953). Twenty-two papers from a conference at the School of Advance International Studies at Johns Hopkins. Fine in very good dust jacket with a few creased edge tears.
567. (Murray, Robin). VIETNAM. No. 1 in the READ-IN series. Lon: Eyre & Spottiswoode (1965). Quarto, printed wrappers, 221 pages. Extensive compilation of material on the war to that date, including published papers, excerpts from speeches and monitored radio sources, published government documents, a piece from the diary of a Vietcong guerrilla, etc. Very good.
568. Raskin, Marcus G. and Bernard B. Fall. THE VIET-NAM READER. NY: RH (1965). First printing of this important anthology of "Articles and Documents on American Foreign Policy and the Viet-Nam Crisis," edited by Raskin and Fall. This copy inscribed by Bernard Fall in the month of publication to a former diplomat and later university professor: "To Professor and Mrs. ___/ this distressing tale of how not to make foregin policy. With affectionate regards, Bernard Fall." Fall was the first, most important, and most informed Western reporter on Vietnam, particularly with regard to understanding the Vietnamese people and the motivations of the Vietnamese communist and religious leaders. He was also a historian, and had studied both the strategies and the tactics of the French and Vietnamese in the French Indochina war. He was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967, and books inscribed by him are very scarce. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
569. -. Same title, unsigned. Very good in very good dust jacket.
570. -. NY: Vintage (1965). Paperback edition. Ink notations on first few pages, o/w very good.
571. -. Same title, revised edition (1967). Near fine in dust jacket.
572. ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON VIETNAM. Report on an International Conference. Ithaca,NY: Inter-University Committee for Debate on Foreign Policy (1966). Report of the "Ann Arbor Conference" on the war, an early conference which invited scholars from around the world, formed "study groups" on various problems and came up with both individual and groups reports. Explicitly linked to the antiwar movement. Several of the scholars participating were Asians. Very good.
573. (Gettleman, Marvin, ed.). VIETNAM. Greewich,CT: Fawcett (1966). Paperback original. "History, Documents and Opinions on a Major World Crisis." Near fine copy.
574. -. Another copy, third printing. Very good.
575. -. Same title, first English edition (Lon: Penguin 1966). Paperback original, very good.
576. -. Same title, revised and updated (NY: NAL 1970). Paperback original. Fine copy.
577. Fulbright, William J. THE VIETNAM HEARINGS. NY: RH (1966). Introduction by Fulbright to this collection of statements given by various Administration officials at Senate hearings on the war. Includes statements by Dean Rusk, Maxwell Taylor, George Kennan, a.o. Original softcover, publisher only two months after the hearings themselves. Very good copy.
578. (Ray, Sibnarayan). VIETNAM. Seen From the East and West. An International Symposium. NY: Praeger (1966). Contributors include Robert Scalapino, Hoang Van Chi, Brian Crozier, a.o. Bold former owner's inscription, otherwise fine in a very good dust jacket.
579. VIETNAM AND THE LIBERALS. A Symposium. NY: Commentary Magazine (1967). Writers commenting on the war include poet Robert Lowell, Irving Howe, Michael Harrington, a.o. Near fine copy in stapled wrappers.
580. (Pfeffer, Richard M. NO MORE VIETNAMS? The War and the Future of American Foreign Policy. NY: H&R (1968). Contributions by 26 American scholars, including Henry Kissinger, Frances Fitzgerald, Edwin Reischauer, George McTurnan Kahin, a.o. Fine in dust jacket.
581. (Isard, Walter). VIETNAM: SOME BASIC ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES. Cambridge,MA: Schenkman (1969). A collection of the papers presented at the June, 1968 conference of the Peace Research Society; shows a methodolgical, quantitative approach. Fine in very good dust jacket.
582. (Gettleman, Marvin & Susan, eds.). CONFLICT IN INDOCHINA. A Reader on the Widening War in Laos and Cambodia. NY: RH (1970). Compiles previously published articles on the subject by such authors as Bernard Fall, Wilfred Burchett a.o. Near fine in dust jacket.
583. (Knoll, Erwin and Judith Nies McFadden, ed.). WAR CRIMES AND THE AMERICAN CONSCIENCE. NY: Holt Rinehart Winston (1970). The simultaneous issue in wrappers of this collection of statements taken from a Congressional Forum on the subject of U.S. war crimes. Fine.
584. (Effros, William, ed.). QUOTATIONS VIETNAM: 1945-1970. NY: RH (1970). A compilation of short quotes, mostly from official figures, about the wars in Vietnam. Only issued in wraps. Near fine.
585. (Shepherd, George W.). RACIAL INFLUENCES ON AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY. NY: Basic (1970). Robert Scalapino contributes a chapter on Vietnam. Fine in near fine dust jacket.
586. (Menzel, Paul). MORAL ARGUMENTS AND THE WAR IN VIETNAM. A Collection of Essays. Nashville: Aurora (1971). Contributors include Noam Chomsky, Jean Lacouture, David Schoebrun, and others. Very good copy in wrappers.
587. (Miller, Norman). NATIONAL LIBERATION. Revolution in the Third World. NY: The Free Press (1971). Collection of pieces by American scholars, some on Vietnam. Fine in near fine dj.
588. ANATOMY OF AN UNDECLARED WAR. Congressional Conference on the Pentagon Papers. NY: International Universities (1972). The records of a conference on the Papers convened by 17 members of Congress. Fine in very good dust jacket.
589. THE VIETNAM ERA VETERAN - AN ANTHOLOGY - VOLUME 1. Detroit: John W. Caknipe, Jr. Ph.D., 1980. Spiralbound, self-published overview of Vietnam-era veterans, collected and edited by the team leader of the "Flight of the Phoenix" vet center in Detroit. Includes much analysis, both psychological as well as statistical, and a lesser amount of personal anecdotes and poetry. A very good copy.
590. Cohen, Steven. VIETNAM. Anthology and Guide to a Television History. NY: Knopf (1983). Published as a study guide and companion volume to Stanley Karnow's Vietnam and the 13-part television series which aired in conjunction with the book's publication. Only issued in softcover; this is a near fine copy with slight wear and a crease on the front cover.
591. Salisbury, Harrison E. VIETNAM RECONSIDERED. Lessons from a War. NY: H&R (1984). The record of a symposium on the war held at USC in 1983. Participants ranged from journalists to former CIA agents, to poets, to former Vietnamese politicians. Uncorrected proof copy. Very good.
592. CRITICAL INQUIRY. Volume 12, Number 4, Summer 1986. Chicago: U. of Chicago (1986). Includes a cover article on "The Experience of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial." Very good.
End of Anthologies
593. Aptheker, Herbert. DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, VIETNAM AND CIVIL RIGHTS. NY: New Outlook, 1967. First edition, stapled printed wrappers, 14 pages. A very good copy.
594. Arlen, Michael J. LIVING-ROOM WAR. (Writings About Television) NY: Viking (1969). Contains several essays about Vietnam. A fine copy in dj.
595. Arlen, Michael J. THE VIEW FROM HIGHWAY 1. NY: FSG (1976). The "Highway 1" of the title is in Vietnam, and the book includes an essay on television's coverage of the war. Near fine in dj.
596. Armbruster, Frank E. CAN WE WIN IN VIETNAM?. NY: Praeger (1968). A team of Hudson Institute political-military analysts discuss the question of whether America can "win" in Vietnam. Completed around the time of the Tet offensive, the book has a short prefatory note about the authors' feelings about its effect on the outcome of the war. Fine in very good dust jacket.
597. Asprey, Robert B. WAR IN THE SHADOWS. The Guerilla in History. Garden City: Doubleday. A fine copy as issued in two volumes in a publisher's slipcase. "Two thousand years of the guerilla at war from ancient Persia to Vietnam".