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Vietnam War Literature, 5

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385. Nasmyth, Virginia and Spike. HANOI RELEASE JOHN NASMYTH. Santa Paula, CA: V. Parr Publishing (1984). Personal account of a POW, written by himself and his sister. With a short preface by Richard Nixon. Fine in dust jacket and inscribed by the author.

386. -. Another copy, uninscribed. Fine in very good dust jacket.

387. Nguyen, Ngoc Ngan. THE WILL OF HEAVEN. A Story of One Vietnamese and the End of His World. NY: Dutton (1982). Account of postwar revolutionary Vietnam, by a writer who eventually fled as a "boat person", and lost his family in the process. Fine in very good dust jacket.

388. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Very good in wrappers.

389. Norman, Michael. THESE GOOD MEN. Frienships Forged from the War. NY: Crown (1989). Uncorrected proof copy. A well-received memoir of his time in Vietnam, the people he met and got to know, and a search he undertook for them nearly twenty years later. Fine.

390. -. Same title, advance review copy. Fine in fine dust jacket.

391. Novak, Marian Faye. LONELY GIRLS WITH BURNING EYES: A Wife Recalls Her Husband's Journey Home From Vietnam. Bos: LB (1990). Uncorrected proof copy, not yet published. Shot from manuscript sheets, with numerous corrections and excisions reproduced and visible. Fine.

392. O'Brien, Tim. IF I DIE IN A COMBAT ZONE. Box Me Up & Ship Me Home. NY: Dell (1974). First paperback edition of the author's powerful and well-received first book, one of many which straddle the line between fiction and personal memoir. A sensitively written journal of the author's year as an infantryman in the war. Very fine copy.

393. -. Same title, a near fine copy.

394. O'Connor, John J. A CHAPLAIN LOOKS AT VIETNAM. Cleveland: World (1968). O'Connor, now a Cardinal in New York City, looks at the "moral" implications of the war. He served as a Navy Chaplain during the war. Small price sticker, otherwise fine in near fine dust jacket.

395. Page, Tim. PAGE AFTER PAGE. Memoirs of a War-Torn Photographer. NY: Atheneum, 1989. Advance review copy of this famous photographer's memoir. Fine in dust jacket.

396. -. Same title, first edition. New, list price:

397. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Very good in wrappers.

398. Paley, Grace. THE MAN IN THE SKY IS A KILLER. NY: Committee of Liaison (1972). Broadside reprinting from The New York Times a short piece on the war by novelist and short story writer Paley, who has signed this copy. Scarce ephemeral piece by an important activist artist.

399. Palmer, Laura. SHRAPNEL IN THE HEART. Letters and Remembrances From The Vietnam Memorial. NY: RH (1987). Apparently not the Laura Palmer of Twin Peaks fame. Fine in dj.

400. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. One tear to front cover, otherwise very good.

401. Parks, David. GI DIARY. NY: H&R (1968). Vietnam diary and photographs by this young black soldier, the son of photographer Gordon Parks. Personal account by this black writer, illustrated with his photographs. Ink notations on front endpapers, otherwise near fine in dust jacket.

402. Parrish, John A., M.D. 12, 20 & 5. A Doctor's Year in Vietnam. NY: Dutton (1972). First person account by a doctor who served with the Marines in Vietnam. Near fine in dust jacket. An important book, and surprisingly scarce in the trade edition.

403. -. Same title, the much more common book club edition. Very good in dust jacket.

404. Patterson, Charles J. and G. Lee Tippin. THE HEROES WHO FELL FROM GRACE. The True Story of Operation Lazarus, the Attempt to Free American POWs from Laos in 1982. Canton, OH: Daring Books (1985). Written by the second-in-command of the aborted mission. Fine in fine dust jacket.

405. Pettit, Clyde Edwin. THE EXPERTS. Secaucus, NJ: Lye Stuart (1975). Indochina policy 1940-1973, told in the words of the policymakers themselves -- excerpts from meetings, published statements, etc. In sum, a horrific picture of the miasma that was U.S. policy in Vietnam. Fine in dust jacket.

406. Pickerell, James. VIETNAM IN THE MUD. Indianapolis: BM (1966). Early "grunt's-eye-view" of the war, in words and pictures, by an award-winning photographer. Fine in wrappers.

407. Pilger, John. THE LAST DAY. NY: Vintage (1975). Minute-by-minute account of the fall of Saigon, punctuated by vignettes from other periods of the war. Only issued in wrappers. Small hole punched in front cover, otherwise about fine.

408. -. Same title, very good in wrappers.

409. Pin Yathay. STAY ALIVE, MY SON. NY: Free Press (1987). Personal account of a young Cambodian and his family under the Khmer Rouge, and after. Fine in dustjacket.

410. Pisor, Robert. THE END OF THE LINE. The Siege of Khe Sanh. NY: Norton (1982). History of the siege, with numerous personal anecdotes included. Fine in dust jacket.

411. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.

412. Plumb, Charlie. I'M NO HERO. Independence, MO: Independence Press (1980). Third printing. A POW story. This copy fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.

413. -. Same title, fourth printing, inscribed by the author. Fine in very good dust jacket.

414. -. Twelfth printing, in wrappers. Near fine copy, inscribed by the author.

415. Polner, Murray. NO VICTORY PARADES. NY: HRW (1971). A study of the impact of the war on the men who fought it. An early study of Vietnam vets. Fine in fine dust jacket.

416. Polner, Murray. WHEN CAN I COME HOME? A Debate on Amnesty for Exiles, Anti-war Prisoners and Others. Garden City: Anchor, 1972. Paperback original. Fine in wrappers. Contains numerous personal statements by draft evaders, prisoners, etc., as well as arguments for and against amnesty by fifteen authors. Fine in wrappers.

417. Portisch, Hugo. EYEWITNESS IN VIETNAM. Lon: The Bodley Head (1967). An account of Vietnam, firsthand, by an award-winning reporter from Austria. Fine in dust jacket. Uncommon.

418. Pratt, John Clark. VIETNAM VOICES. Perspectives on the War Years, 1941-1982. NY: Penguin (1982). A collage of personal accounts, excerpts from novels, documents, etc., pertaining to the war. The best compendium to date, with excerpts of pieces by such writers as James Crumley, Michael Herr, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon, Robin Moore, Tim O'Brien, Frank Snepp, etc. By an author who knows the field intimately, this is perhaps the best one-volume introduction to the literature of the war. With a useful bibliography. This is the scarce hardcover edition, fine in near fine dust jacket.

419. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine.

420. -. Same title, the simultaneous issue in wrappers (NY: Penguin, 1984). Fine.

421. Puckett, MSG David H. (Ret.). MEMORIES. NY: Vantage (1987). Autobiographical account of the author's two tours in Vietnam, published by a vanity press. With a promotional letter laid in written by Alexander Haig. Fine in fine dust jacket.

422. Radvanyi, Janos. DELUSION AND REALITY. Gambits, Hoaxes and Diplomatic One-Upmanship in Vietnam. South Bend,IN: Gateway (1978). Historical account, told from an insider's point-of-view: the author was Charge d'Affaires of the Hungarian Embassy in Washington in the 1960s, and participated in some of the gambits described herein. Fine in very good dust jacket.

423. Rau, Santha Rama. VIEW TO THE SOUTHEAST. Lon: Gollancz, 1958. An account of a journey through Southeast Asia, including Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, and Burma made by the author, a noted (East) Indian novelist, over the course of a year. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

424. Ray, Michele. THE TWO SHORES OF HELL. NY: David McKay (1968). Personal account of a French woman reporter traveling in Vietnam who is captured by the Viet Cong. This is a review copy with several promotional photos which do not appear in the book. Near fine in dust jacket.

425. Reed, David. UP FRONT IN VIETNAM. NY: Funk & Wagnalls (1967). A series of "dramatic sketches" of American soldiers in the combat zone in Vietnam. An early book of reporting from the war. Lower corner of half-title clipped, otherwise near fine in dust jacket.

426. Rigg, Colonel Robert B. HOW TO STAY ALIVE IN VIETNAM. Combat Survival in the War of Many Fronts. Harrisburg, Penn: Stackpole (1966). One officer's how-to guide to survival in Vietnam. An anecdotal and eerie collection of tidbits of information and advice (Example: "if you come to a dead end in a tunnel, stop short and watch out! It will probably be loaded with spring-mounted and wire-tripped javelins -- or booby traps..."). Very good without dust jacket, as issued.

427. Reston, James, Jr. THE AMNESTY OF JOHN DAVID HERNDON. NY: M-H (1973). The account of a deserter who comes back to the U.S. seeking amnesty. Fine in dust jacket.

428. Risner, Colonel Robertson. THE PASSING OF THE NIGHT. My Seven Years As a Prisoner of the North Vietnamese. NY: RH (1973). POW account of seven years in the "Hanoi Hilton". Fine in fine dust jacket and signed by the author.

429. -. Another copy, unsigned. Owner name, otherwise fine in very good dust jacket.

430. Roberts, Craig and Charles W. Sasser. THE WALKING DEAD. NY: Pocket (1989). Paperback original; a memoir of a Marine's year in Vietnam in 1965-66. Fine.

431. Robbins, Christopher. AIR AMERICA. NY: Avon (1985). First paperback edition. Anecdotal account of the history of the CIA's "civilian" airline in Southeast Asia. Fine.

432. Robbins, Christopher. THE RAVENS. The Men Who Flew in America's Secret War in Laos. NY: Crown (1987). Uncorrected proof of this history laced with individuals' personal accounts.

433. Rogers, Dale Evans. SALUTE TO SANDY. Westwood, NJ: Fleming H. Revell (1967). Personal account of Roy Rogers' and Dale Evans' trip to Vietnam after their son, Sandy, died in Germany as he was waiting to be shipped to Vietnam. Near fine in dust jacket.

434. Rowan, Stephen A. THEY WOULDN'T LET US DIE. Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David (1974). Second printing of this narrative of various POWs' stories, written by a Canadian reporter who covered Vietnam twice in the '60s. Fine in dust jacket.

435. Rowe, Major James N. FIVE YEARS TO FREEDOM A Young American's Own Story of...Survival and...Escape from the Vietcong After More Than Five Years as a Prisoner of War. Bos: LB (1971). A fine copy in a near fine dj.

436. Roy, Jules. THE BATTLE OF DIENBIENPHU. NY: H&R (1965). Classic history of this landmark battle, written by the French novelist. A historical reconstruction with numerous personal comments. Fine in fine dust jacket.

437. Rutledge, Howard and Phyllis With Mel and Lyla White. IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES 1965-1973. Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell (1973). Seven years as a POW in the Hanoi Hilton. A personal account with religious overtones.

438. Sack, John. M. NY: New American Library (1967). Account by a reporter who follows a single company through basic training to its first armed encounter in Vietnam. One of the early, important "grunts'-eye-views" of Vietnam. Very good in dust jacket and inscribed by the author.

439. -. Fine in price-clipped dust jacket.

440. Sack, John. LIEUTENANT CALLEY / His Own Story. NY: Viking (1971). First-person account by the officer convicted of murder for the killings at My Lai. Fine in dust jacket.

441. Sack, John. THE MAN-EATING MACHINE. NY: FS&G (1973). Uncorrected proof copy of this book that focuses on four men, two of them Vietnam veterans, using their experiences as a springboard for a critique of society. Very good copy in tall wrappers. Uncommon state of this title.

442. -. Same title, first edition. Fine in dust jacket.

443. Sadler, Barry with Tom Mahoney. I'M A LUCKY ONE. NY: Macmillan (1967). An account of the author's experiences in Vietnam as a Green Beret. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

444. Sainteny, Jean. HO CHI MINH AND HIS VIETNAM. A Personal Memoir. Chicago: Cowles (1972). As a French diplomat in Vietnam, the author observed Ho Chi Minh firsthand for twenty years. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.

445. Salisbury, Harrison E. BEHIND THE LINES-HANOI. December 23, 1966-January 7, 1967. NY: H&R (1967). One of the few American reporters to visit Hanoi during the war. This is the hardcover edition. Small sticker mark on half-title otherwise fine in a price-clipped dust jacket.

446. Salmon, Lorraine. PIG FOLLOWS DOG. Hanoi: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1960. Personal account of two years in Vietnam by this Australian journalist. An early example of English-language publishing by this important press from Communist North Vietnam. This copy has minor stains all around, but is overall very good in self-wrappers.

447. Salmon, Malcom. NORTH VIETNAM. Sydney: Tribune (c. 1967). An Australian view of the war in Vietnam. A short pamphlet, 16 pages. Fine in stapled wrappers. Scarce ephemeral item.

448. Santoli, Al. EVERYTHING WE HAD. An Oral History of the Vietnam War as told by Thirty-three American Soldiers Who Fought It. NY: RH (1981). Uncorrected proof of this powerful collection of short autobiographical pieces. Fine in wrappers.

449. -. Same title, first edition. Fine in dust jacket.

450. Santoli, Al. TO BEAR ANY BURDEN. The Vietnam War and Its Aftermath In the Words of Americans and Southeast Asians. NY: Dutton (1985). Fine in fine dust jacket.

451. Schanberg, Sydney H. THE DEATH AND LIFE OF DITH PRAN. NY: Viking (1985). The true story on which the film The Killing Fields was based, written by the New York Times reporter who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Cambodia. Remainder marks bottom edge of pages, otherwise fine in fine dust jacket. The hardcover edition of this small book is uncommon.

452. Schanche, Don A. MISTER POP. The Adventures of a Peaceful Man in a Small War. NY: McKay (1970). Personal account of a teacher in Laos during the war. Introduction by John Steinbeck, written in Laos in 1967. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

453. Schell, Jonathan. THE VILLAGE OF BEN SUC. NY: Knopf, 1967. The author's first book, an important account of the destruction of a Vietnamese village. Originally printed in The New Yorker; a devastating critique of U.S. policy. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

454. Schell, Jonathan. THE MILITARY HALF. An Account of Destruction in Quang Ngai and Quang Tin. NY: Knopf, 1968. His second book on the war, again a stunning condemnation of the U.S. policies which seemed to substitute wanton destruction for rational goals and methods. Fine in dj.

455. Schell, Jonathan. THE REAL WAR. The Classic Reporting on the Vietnam War with a New Essay. NY: Pantheon (1988). Uncorrected proof copy. This volume reprints his first two books (listed above), along with a new 50-page summary essay on the war, and the reporting of it. Fine.

456. -. Same title, first edition, in wrappers. Review copy. Fine.

457. Schell, Jonathan. THE TIME OF ILLUSION. NY: Knopf, 1976. An account of the Nixon years, 1969-1974, with much material pertaining to Vietnam. Near fine in dust jacket.

458. Schemmer, Benjamin F. THE RAID NY: H&R (1976). An account of the unsuccessful raid on Son Tay prison, outside Hanoi, in an effort to free American POWs there. Near fine in dust jacket.

459. Scholl-Latour, Peter. DEATH IN THE RICE FIELDS. An Eyewitness Account of Vietnam's Three Wars 1945-1979. NY: St. Martins (1981). Personal account by this West German journalist who first went to Southeast Asia with the French in 1945. Fine in dust jacket.

460. Schurmacher, Emile. OUR SECRET WAR AGAINST CHINA. NY: Paperback Library (1962). Paperback original, purportedly true stories -- from "men's action magazines" -- about U.S. covert operatives in China and Southeast Asia. Near fine copy.

461. Scott, Joanna C. INDOCHINA'S REFUGEES. Oral Histories from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. Jefferson, NC: McFarland (1989). Advance review copy of this collection of stories from boat people, survivors of the Khmer Rouge, etc. Fine without dust jacket (as issued?).

462. Shaplen, Robert. BITTER VICTORY. NY: H&R (1986). Personal account of this New Yorker correspondent's return to Vietnam 10 years after the end of the war. Fine in dust jacket.

463. Sheehan, Neil. THE ARNHEITER AFFAIR. NY: RH (1971). The account of a "mutiny" at sea off the coast of Vietnam. Fine in fine dust jacket (price-clipped).

464. Sheehan, Neil. A BRIGHT SHINNING LIE. John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. NY: RH (1988). Uncorrected proof copy of this Pultizer Prize-winning book. Many think this is the best single volume on the war; it focuses on one individual, using him as a prism through which to view the various aspects and features of American policy, as they developed, changed, and ultimately failed. An uncommon proof, and one of the most important books on the war.

465. -. Same title, first edition. This book was reprinted many times.

466. Sheehan, Susan. TEN VIETNAMESE. NY: Knopf, 1967. Profiles, by a journalist, of ten "ordinary" Vietnamese. Reprinted several times, not a common book in the first edition. Fine in dust jacket.

467. Sherrill, Robert. MILITARY JUSTICE IS TO JUSTICE AS MILITARY MUSIC IS TO MUSIC. NY: H&R (1970). Account of courts martial, during the Vietnam era. Fine in dust jacket.

468. Smith, George E. P.O.W. Two Years With the Vietcong. Berkeley: Ramparts (1971). Autobiographical account of a Green Beret's time as a POW, during which he came to feel betrayed by his government, and to conclude that the Viet Cong had the sympathies of most of the Vietnamese people. This is the scarce hardcover edition of this title. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

469. Smith, Mrs. Gordon H. VICTORY IN VIET NAM. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan (1966). A missonary's account of experiences from 1959 to 1965 when the war was intensifying. "Victory" refers to Christian conversions. Third printing. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

470. Snepp, Frank. DECENT INTERVAL. An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End Told by the CIA's Chief Strategy Analyst in Vietnam. NY: RH (1977). This book was published without CIA approval in violation of Snepp's secrecy oath, and caused a judicial ruling which broadened the government's secrecy requirements of its employees to include even those who had not taken oaths and/or did not deal with classified material. A landmark book in the annals of free speech issues, as well as for its content. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Reprinted many times.

471. Snow, Edgar. WAR AND PEACE IN VIETNAM. NY: Marzani & Marzani (1963). Offprint from The Other Side of the River, with a new introduction. Personal account of the author's time in Indochina just after the Vietnamese declaration of independence from France in 1945. Fine in wraps. Scarce.

472. Sontag, Susan. TRIP TO HANOI. NY: FS&G (1968). First printing, only issued in wrappers. Account of the author's trip. Pages yellowed; very good.

473. Starobin, Joseph. VIET-NAM FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM. Lon: Lawrence & Wishart, 1953. Personal account of the author's visit to the "Liberated Areas" of Vietnam, March 1953. Near fine in wrappers. A scarce account of the Viet Minh before Dien Bien Phu.

474. Starobin, Joseph R. EYEWITNESS IN INDO-CHINA. NY: Cameron & Kahn (1954). An American Marxist correspondent reports from behind Viet Minh lines, the first such account by an American. Very good copy of the cloth issue, in lightly chipped, very good dust jacket.

475. -. Same title, signed by the author and dated "May 1954." Very good in internally taped dj.

476. -. Same title, the issue in wrappers. Fine.

477. -. The issue in wrappers, signed by the author.

478. Steinbeck, John, IV. IN TOUCH NY: Knopf, 1969. Autobiographical account by the novelist's son of his time in Southeast Asia in the Army, his return home and arrest on drug charges in the U.S., and his testimony on drug use before the Senate Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. Fine in near fine dust jacket. Important memoir by a youth who saw those days from a number of different, usually mutually exclusive, angles.

479. -. Same title, first English edition (London: Deutsch, 1969). Near fine in dust jacket.

480. Stern, Kurt and Jeanne. RICEFIELD-BATTLEFIELD. Berlin: Seven Seas (1969). Personal account based on a trip the authors made to North Vietnam in 1966. Very good in wrappers.

481. Stockdale, Jim & Sybil. IN LOVE AND WAR. The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam War. NY: H&R (1984). Story of a POW and his wife, who helped start the League of POW Wives. Near fine in dust jacket.

482. -. Same title, uncorrected proof copy. Fine in wrappers.

483. (Stone, Oliver). Interview with Stone for the magazine Interview. These are photocopied sheets, containing much that was edited out of the published interview. From the publisher's files, these are reported to be the only copy of the entire interview. Very good.

484. Strahs, James. SEED JOURNAL. NY: H&R (1973). Five years of draft dodging through Europe, India and Canada. Very personal and introspective. Near fine in dust jacket.

485. Strong, Anna Louise. CASH AND VIOLENCE IN LAOS AND VIET NAM. NY: Mainstream, 1962. Early account of corruption in Southeast Asia, written by a left-wing journalist. This is the hardcover edition, which can be presumed to be quite scarce from the fact that the dust jacket art was the same as the cover of the paperback edition, to the point of indicating that this is "A Mainstream Paperback."

486. Sully, Francois. WE THE VIETNAMESE. Voices from Vietnam. NY: Praeger (1971). An assemblage of comments on Vietnam by Vietnamese themselves. Fine in near fine dust jacket.

487. Swindle, Howard. ONCE A HERO. The True Story of One Man's Tragic Odyssey From Vietnam to Leavenworth. (Austin): Texas Monthly (1989). Tale of a highly decorated Vietnam vet who masterminded a series of bank robberies using helicopter assaults. New, list price:

488. Szymusiak, Molyda. THE STONES CRY OUT. A Cambodian Childhood, 1975-1980. NY: FS&G (1986). "Few will ever describe hell as well as this young Cambodian girl who survived the damnation of Cambodia under the Kymer Rouge"--Sydney Schanberg.

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