Books like The short-timers by Gustav Hasford

A collection of linked short stories that follows a platoon of American soldiers and their experiences, thoughts, and burdens during the Vietnam War.

Johnny Got His Gun is a harrowing anti‑war tale told through the eyes of a young American soldier who, after a brutal injury in World War I, is left with no limbs, eyes, or ears, forcing him into a claustrophobic refuge of memory and imagination.

A memoir of sixteen months in Vietnam, detailing the life of a Marine infantry officer and the realities of war during the conflict.

A poignant novel exploring the aftermath of war on a single Iraq war veteran.

In 1964 the US Army forms its first Air Assault Division, overcoming training, technical, and interservice obstacles to meet the escalating demands of the Vietnam War.

A graphic memoir that follows a Vietnamese boy as he witnesses the early years of the Vietnam War from Saigon to the countryside.

Paco Sullivan survives a devastating Viet Cong attack on Fire Base Harriette, only to return home broken—physically and mentally. Struggling with trauma, he seeks a job and peace in Boone, Texas, while haunted by war’s ghosts.

In A Time for War, Schulzinger paints a vast yet intricate canvas of more than three decades of conflict in Vietnam, from the first rumblings of rebellion against the French colonialists to the American intervention and eventual withdrawal. His comprehensive narrative incorporates every aspect of the warfrom the military (as seen in his brisk account of the French failure at Dienbienphu) to the economic (such as the wage increase sparked by the draft in the United States) to the political. Drawing on massive research, he offers a vivid and insightful portrait of the changes in Vietnamese politics and society, from the rise of Ho Chi Minh, to the division of the country, to the struggles between South Vietnamese president Diem and heavily armed religious sects, to the infighting and corruption that plagued Saigon. Schulzinger reveals precisely how outside powers - first the French, then the Americans - committed themselves to war in Indochina, even against their own better judgment. Roosevelt, for example, derided the French efforts to reassert their colonial control after World War II, yet Truman, Eisenhower, and their advisers gradually came to believe that Vietnam was central to American interests. The author's account of Johnson is particularly telling and tragic, describing how the president would voice clear-headed, even prescient warnings about the dangers of intervention - then change his mind, committing America's prestige and military might to supporting a corrupt, unpopular regime. Schlzinger offers sharp criticism of the American military effort, and provides a fascinating look inside the Nixon White House, showing how the Republican president dragged out the war long past the point when he realized that the United States could not win. Finally, Schulzinger paints a brilliant political and social portrait of the times, illuminating the impact of the war on the lives of ordinary Americans and Vietnamese. Schulzinger shows what the war was like for a common soldier, an American nurse, a navy flyer, a conscript in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, a Vietcong fighter, or an antiwar protester.

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