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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Vietnam's American War: A History
Asselin, Pierre
Paper Book
Communist forces in the Vietnam War lost most battles and suffered disproportionally higher casualties than the United States and its allies throughout the conflict. The ground war in South Vietnam and the air war in the North were certainly important in shaping the fates of the victors and losers,...
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
Ebook
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE ONE OF THE MOST ACCLAIMED WORKS OF HISTORY IN RECENT YEARS Winner of the Francis Parkman Prize from the Society of American Historians * Winner of the American Library in Paris Book Award * Winner of the Council on Foreign...
The sorrow of war : a novel of North Vietnam
Bao Ninh.
Paper Book
The daring and controversial novel that took the world by storm-- a story of politics, selfhood, survival, and war. Featured in The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick airing September 2017. Bao Ninh, a former North Vietnamese soldier, provides a strikingly honest...

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