The Vietnam War

Explore essential works on the Vietnam War and its aftermath, selected by RCL editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists. In this list, preview a selection of the 90,000+ titles available at rclweb.net.

Updated June 30, 2025
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Nothing ever dies : Vietnam and the memory of war
Nguyen, Viet Thanh
Paper Book
Nothing Ever Dies, Viet Thanh Nguyen writes. All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Sympathizer comes a searching exploration of a conflict that lives on in the collective memory...
Embers of war : the fall of an empire and the making of America's Vietnam
Logevall, Fredrik
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE   Written with the style of a great novelist and the intrigue of a Cold War thriller, Embers of War is a landmark work that will forever change your understanding of how and why America went to war in Vietnam. Tapping newly accessible...
Haunting legacy : Vietnam and the American presidency from Ford to Obama
Kalb, Marvin L.
Ebook
The United States had never lost a war--that is, until 1975, when it was forced to flee Saigon in humiliation after losing to what Lyndon Johnson called a "raggedy-ass little fourth-rate country." The legacy of this first defeat has haunted every president since, especially on the decision...
The sorrow of war : a novel of North Vietnam
Bao Ninh.
Paper Book
The Sorrow of War is the first novel of the Vietnam War told from the North Vietnamese perspective. Readers follow Kien as a young soldier and, later, as a writer struggling to come to grips with the savageries he has witnessed. Takes its place alongside the greatest war novel of the century, All...

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