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America's Lost War: Vietnam, 1945-1975


by Charles E. Neu

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A history of the Vietnam War based on the popular course by Brown University professor of American foreign relations Charles E. Neu. (VNM69, $21.95)

America's Miracle Man In Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem, Religion, Race, And U.S. Intervention In Southeast Asia 1950-1957


by Seth Jacobs

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 367 PAGES

This diplomatic and cultural history draws on archives, private papers, novels, newspapers, radio broadcasts and more to show how, in the 1950s, U.S. policymakers conceived of Cold War anticommunism as a crusade against an adversary dangerous as much for its atheism as for its military might. (VNM117, $26.95)

An American Requiem: God, My Father, and the War that Came Between Us


by James Carroll

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 279 PAGES

Winner of the National Book Award, this is the tragic story of an American family whose beliefs and familial bonds are shattered by the raging Vietnam war. (VNM38, $15.95)

Ancient Vietnam, History and Archaeology

Ancient Vietnam, History and Archaeology


by Anne-Valerie Schweyer

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Written by a French scholar of the region, this illustrated book is both a guide to archaeological sites and a history of the confrontation between ethnic Viet and Indianized coastal Cham people. (VNM137, $25.00)

Apocalypse Now, The Complete Dossier


by Francis Ford Coppola

  • 2006
  • DVD

In Coppola's classic adaptation of Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, a battle weary captain is sent on a top secret mission to "terminate the command" of renegade Colonel Kurz in the jungles of Cambodia. (CBD51, $19.99)

Argument Without End, In Search of Answers to the Vietnam Tragedy


by Robert S. McNamara

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

The result of a series of meetings between the former secretary of defense and North Vietnamese leaders from 1995-1998. (VNM75, $17.00)

Arts of Southeast Asia

Arts of Southeast Asia


by Fiona Kerlogue

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A handsome guide to the art, architecture, textiles and crafts of Southeast Asia. (SEA45, $16.95)

ARVN, Life and Death in the South Vietnamese Army


by Robert K. Brigham

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 178 PAGES

The first book dedicated solely to the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) focuses on troop morale and motivation within the context of traditional Vietnamese society and culture, and the paranoid political regime that made unrealistic demands upon its soldiers without giving them the training, equipment, leadership and ideology they needed to succeed. (VNM115, $29.95)

Beneath Buddha's Eyes


by Tony Anthony

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • HARD COVER
  • 296 PAGES

A love story set during the Vietnam war. (VNM52, $25.00)

The Best and the Brightest

The Best and the Brightest


by David Halberstam

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 688 PAGES

Halberstam's masterful epic tale of the policymaking, outsized egos and infuriating blunders that got the United States embroiled in the Vietnam war. (VNM101, $18.00)

The Boat

The Boat


by Nam Le

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

The heart-rending stories from diverse locations (Vietnam, Australia, Colombia, Iran) in this debut collection are told with remarkable skill and mastery. (VNM123, $15.00)

A Bright Shining Lie, John Paul Vann and the Americans in Vietnam

A Bright Shining Lie, John Paul Vann and the Americans in Vietnam


by Neil Sheehan

  • HISTORY
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 861 PAGES

A political history of the war as seen through the story of one of its soldiers, this prize-winning book is a hard-hitting expose on the failure of American foreign policy in Southeast Asia. (VNM27, $19.95)

The Cat from Hue, A Vietnam Story

The Cat from Hue, A Vietnam Story


by John Laurence

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 864 PAGES

Journalist John Laurence's detailed and haunting account of Vietnam War combines his first hand experiences as a correspondent with a historical overview of the war. The cat in the title is Meo, a Vietnamese stray he adopted along the way. (VNM67, $21.99)

CDC's Complete Guide to Health Travel


by Charles Ericcson | Kent C. Davis

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

Solid advice for healthy travel around the world by the Center for Disease Control. (TRV01, $15.00)

Child of War, Woman of Peace


by Le Ly Hayslip

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 388 PAGES

Further memoirs from the author of "When Heaven and Earth Changed Places." (VNM78, $19.00)

Close Quarters


by Larry Heinemann

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • AUDIO CD

Philip Dosier views and participates in the skirmishes, battles, noise, obscenities, marijuana highs, battlefield racism, spirit of atrocity and other ingredients of the war in Vietnam and returns home to make his own peace on the banks of the Wabash River. (VNM94, $26.95)

Consuming Urban Culture in Contemporary Vietnam


by Mandy Thomas | Lisa Drummond

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 227 PAGES

A collection of scholarly essays on examine everyday life and culture in modern Vietnam. (VNM65, $195.00)

The Country of Memory, Remaking the Past in Late Socialist Vietnam

The Country of Memory, Remaking the Past in Late Socialist Vietnam


by Hue-Tam Ho Tai

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

A collection of essays by diverse authors on modern Vietnamese culture and society. (VNM60, $28.95)

Crossing the River


by Nguyen Huy Thiep

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Crossing the River presents a wide range of Nguyen Huy Thiep's short fiction, both realistic stories in contemporary settings and retellings of folk myths that serve as contemporary parables. (VNM143, $16.95)

Culture, Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam


by Shaun Kingsley Malarney

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A scholarly monograph, based on field work and archival material, of the revolutionary campaign to transform scoiety in northern Vietnam. (VNM61, $49.00)

Descending the Dragon, My Journey Down the Coast of Vietnam

Descending the Dragon, My Journey Down the Coast of Vietnam


by Rob Howard | Jon Bowermaster

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

Bowermaster and a team, including his long suffering foreign press monitor and photographers, set forth from Hanoi by kayak to explore the long coast of Vietnam on a two-month-long journey of discovery. With dozens of color and black-and-white photographs. (VNM121, $21.95)

Distant Road: Selected Poems of Nguyen Duy


by Nguyen Duy | Kevin Bowen | Ba Chung Nguyen

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 257 PAGES

A selection of poems. Born in Thanh Hoa in 1948, Duy served with distinction in the North Vietnamese Army. (VNM76, $15.95)

Dogen's Manuals of Zen Meditation


by Carl Bielefeldt

  • RELIGION
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 267 PAGES

Drawing on the work of famous thirteenth century Zen master Dogen Kigen, Bielefeldt offers insight into modern Zen study and practice. (REL37, $25.95)

A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

A Dragon Apparent, Travels in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam


by Norman Lewis

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 358 PAGES
  • FAVORITE
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

A classic account of travels and adventure during the last years of French Indochina, strong on atmosphere and including wonderfully detailed descriptions of local cultures and archaeological treasures. First published in 1951. (SEA40, $33.95)

Dragon House

Dragon House


by John Shors

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 354 PAGES

A compassionate story about opening a center for Vietnamese street children in modern Ho Chi Minh City, propelled by Shors's vibrant characters. (VNM142, $15.00)

Dumb Luck, A Novel

Dumb Luck, A Novel


by Trong Phung Vu

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 200 PAGES

The first translation of a major work from the influential Vietnamese satirist Trong Phung Vu, who died, aged 27, in 1939. Regarded as Vu's masterwork, this clever novel skewers the feverish rush towards modernization in late colonial Vietnam. (VNM108, $21.95)

Earth and Water, Encounters in Vietnam

Earth and Water, Encounters in Vietnam


by Edith Shillue

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 234 PAGES

Shillue, an English professor, reflects on the people, culture and history of the country in this meditative account of experiences and encounters in Vietnam as a teacher and traveler in the 1990s. (VNM79, $24.95)

The Ethnography of Vietnam's Central Highlanders: A Historical Contextualization, 1850-1990

The Ethnography of Vietnam's Central Highlanders: A Historical Contextualization, 1850-1990


by Oscar Salemink

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 368 PAGES

This scholarly monography examines the ethnographic representation of minorty groups in Vietnam's Central Highlands. (VNM64, $52.00)

Family Tightrope, The Changing Lives of Vietnamese Americans


by Nazli Kibria

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 196 PAGES

Using ethnographic techniques to profile a community of Vietnamese immigrants in Philadelphia, Kibria challenges the conventional wisdom about Vietnamese-Americans' cultural assimilation. (VNM109, $32.95)

Fields of Fire


by James Webb

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

A harrowing story of a platoon deep in the Vietnamese jungle, first published in 1978. (VNM68, $19.95)

Fodor's See It Vietnam

Fodor's See It Vietnam


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A compact, well-illustrated of Vietnam and its attractions. With good information on what to see and where to eat, sleep, and shop. (VNM84, $24.95)

Footprint Vietnam


by Claire Bobbyer

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

A detailed, comprehensive guide in the Footprint series. With practical information of accommodations, food, events and sights. Perfect for the independent traveler. (SEA61, $25.95)

Footprint Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos

Footprint Vietnam, Cambodia & Laos


by Jack O'Tailan | Claire Boobbyer | John Colet | Andrew Spooner

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 576 PAGES

With practical information on attractions, transportation, food, activities and lodgings. Includes Bangkok. (SEA52, $25.95)

Fragments of the Present, Searching for Modernity in Vietnam's South


by Philip Taylor

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 237 PAGES

In this wide-ranging anthropological study, based on a field work in a Mekong delta village, Taylor looks at southern Vietnam's postwar history, economic and social change and the contrast between urban and rural life. (VNM62, $34.00)

Frommer's Vietnam, inluding Angkor Wat

Frommer's Vietnam, inluding Angkor Wat


by Charles Agar

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 472 PAGES

An excellent practical guide geared towards the independent traveler. (VNM111, $22.99)

Frommer's Vietnam, inluding Angkor Wat

Frommer's Vietnam, inluding Angkor Wat


by Charles Agar

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 472 PAGES

An excellent practical guide geared towards the independent traveler. (VNM111, $22.99)

Full Metal Jacket


by Stanley Kubrick

  • 2004
  • DVD

Kubrick follows a young marine from boot camp to the 1968 Tet Offensive in this two-segment Vietnam epic. (VNM97, $19.96)

The Green Berets


by Ray Kellogg | John Wayne

  • 2004
  • DVD

A grizzled army colonel assembles a team of elite Green Berets in South Vietnam to capture a Viet Cong general in this gung-ho thriller starring John Wayne. (VNM99, $12.97)

Heaven and Earth


by Oliver Stone

  • 2006
  • DVD

Oliver Stone's film of a young Vietnamese villager who marries a U.S. marine after the war, based on the memoir by Le Ly Hayslip memoir. (VNM100, $19.97)

Ho Chi Minh, A Life


by William Duiker

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 695 PAGES

Dissident, revolutionary and communist, Ho Chi Minh returned from exile to lead North Vietnam's defiant break with colonial France. Duiker charts Ho Chi Minh's long march from son of a scholar in the rural provinces to idealist student in heady 1920s Paris to determined revolutionary. A scholarly, definitive biography. (VNM45, $19.99)

Imagining Vietnam and America, The Making of Postcolonial Vietnam, 1919-1950


by Mark Bradley

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A scholarly and balanced study exploring perceptions the Americans and Vietnamese had of each other in the early twentieth century leading up to the Vietnam War. (VNM141, $27.95)

In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War

In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War


by Tobias Wolff

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 221 PAGES

A vivid memoir of novelist Tobais Wolff's tour of duty in Vietnam. (VNM34, $15.00)

In Search of Southeast Asia: a Modern History

In Search of Southeast Asia: a Modern History


by David P. Chandler | David J. Steinberg

  • HISTORY
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 590 PAGES

An outstanding scholarly overview of Southeast Asia's social, economic and political history with contributions by seven experts on the region. (SEA18, $32.00)

Indochine

Indochine


by Regis Wargnier

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • DVD

Catherine Deneuve stars in this love triangle set in Vietnam in the days before the 1954 communist revolution in Indochina. (VNM135, $24.96)

Insight Compact Guide Vietnam


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

This lavishly illustrated compact guide includes excellent color maps and thoughtful short essys on history, culture and attractions. (VNM131, $9.95)

Insight Pocket Guide Hanoi

Insight Pocket Guide Hanoi


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

A handy full-color guide to the city with a pull-out map. Features recommendations for dining, shopping and sightseeing with an overview of the city's highlights. (VNM71, $13.95)

Insight Pocket Guide Vietnam

Insight Pocket Guide Vietnam


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 104 PAGES

A slim illustrated guide and separate pull-out map. (VNM86, $13.95)

Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, Ancient Foodways, Modern Flavors

Into the Vietnamese Kitchen, Ancient Foodways, Modern Flavors


by Andrea Quynhgiao Nguyen

  • FOOD
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 344 PAGES

Sophisticated yet simple, the recipes in this book include steamy pho noodle soups infused with the aromas of fresh herbs and lime; rich clay-pot preparations of catfish, chicken, and pork; classic banh mi sandwiches; and an array of Vietnamese charcuterie. (VNM124, $35.00)

Jewelry of Southeast Asia


by Anne Richter

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

An analysis of Southeast Asia's jewelry tradition, spanning from the Neolithic and Bronze Age to the present. (SEA25, $75.00)

Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram

Last Night I Dreamed of Peace, The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram


by Dang Thuy Tram

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 225 PAGES

The posthumously published diary of a 27-year-old Vietcong woman doctor (it was found by a U.S. soldier), this searing book offers insight into the lives of the people of North Vietnam during the war. (VNM132, $13.99)

Koto, A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam

Koto, A Culinary Journey Through Vietnam


by Tracey Lister

  • FOOD
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 260 PAGES

Arranged by region, this engaging cookbook weaves personal stories and national history with a culinary appreciation of the markets, traditions and food of daily life in Vietnam. (VNM133, $34.95)

Lonely Planet Hanoi & Halong Bay Encounter


by

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER

This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map. (VNM104, $11.99)

Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & the Greater Mekong

Lonely Planet Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos & the Greater Mekong


by Nick Ray

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 564 PAGES
  • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
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This compact practical guide covers the entire Mekong from the heights of Yunnan to Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. (SEA63, $24.99)

Lost Soldiers


by James Webb

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

A sequel to the novelist (and Vietnam Vet) James Webb's Fields of Fire. (VNM70, $7.99)

The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future

The Mekong, Turbulent Past, Uncertain Future


by Milton Osborne

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A cultural history of the great river from prehistory to European exploration, colonial tensions and modern challenges. It's an engaging introduction to the history of Southeast Asia. (SEA28, $16.00)

Modernity and Re-Enchantment, Religion in Post-Revolutionary Vietnam


by Phili Taylor

  • RELIGION
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 491 PAGES

With case studies on diverse religious practices. (VNM128, $99.99)

Monkey Bridge

Monkey Bridge


by Lan Cao

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 260 PAGES

The affecting novel a young girl's coming-of-age in Falls Church's Little Saigon in the aftermath of the Vietnam war. (VNM130, $15.00)

My Detachment


by Tracy Kidder

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

An unromanticized portrait of a young man coming of age in the controversial Vietnam war. (VNM95, $29.95)

My Vietnam, Stories and Recipes

My Vietnam, Stories and Recipes


by Luke Nguyen

  • FOOD
  • 2011
  • HARD COVER
  • 344 PAGES

Cooking Channel host Luke Nguyen celebrates Vietnam, its culture and cuisine in this oversized, sumptuously illustrated tribute, traveling from north to south, visiting friends, family and local cooks. With 100 recipes. (VNM148, $40.00)

The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall

The Naked Tourist, In Search of Adventure and Beauty in the Age of the Airport Mall


by Lawrence Osborne

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Osborne is not just interested in travel, but also in the reasons why we travel, layering his own entertaining adventures on the road from Dubai to India, Bangkok, Bali and beyond with ruminations on Shangri-La, The Grand Tour and our conceptions of the exotic and primitive. (SEA50, $20.00)

National Geographic Vietnam

National Geographic Vietnam


by Jim Sullivan

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This guide to Vietnam, published in the National Geographic attractive visual style, features hundreds of photographs, full color maps and good information on history, nature, culture and travel in Vietnam. (VNM93, $22.95)

No Man's Land

No Man's Land


by Duong Thu Huong

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 460 PAGES

An evocative novel from the author of Memories of a Pure Spring in which a Vietnamese woman is torn between her new life with a loving husband and her duty to the maimed soldier who has returned from the dead to claim her. (VNM107, $19.99)

Novel without a Name

Novel without a Name


by Thu Huong Duong

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

From celebrated dissident author Duong Thu Huong, this lyrical novel tells the story of a North Vietnamese solider who clings to memories of his childhood in the hard times of war. (VNM23, $15.00)

The Other Side of Heaven, Postwar Fiction by Vietnamese and American Writers


by Truong Vu | Le M. Khue | Wayne Karlin

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 420 PAGES

An anthology of fiction, with contributions from both sides of the experience of the Vietnam War. (VNM42, $19.95)

Patriots, The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides

Patriots, The Vietnam War Remembered From All Sides


by Christian G. Appy

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 574 PAGES

A vivid oral history spanning the history of the Vietnam conflict and a diversity of views. (VNM129, $20.00)

Phase Line Green, The Battle for Hue, 1968


by Nicholas Warr

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 255 PAGES

A powerful and personal account of a U.S. soldier's experience in the Battle of Hue. (VNM36, $19.00)

A Photographic Guide to Birds of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos


by Peter Davidson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

Two hundred and fifty-two of the region's most interesting and spectacular birds are included in this pocket guide (SEA74, $19.95)

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia

A Photographic Guide to the Birds of Southeast Asia


by Morten Strange

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 40 PAGES

A compact photographic guide to almost 700 species of birds in the region, featuring concise descriptions and distribution maps. (SEA39, $38.95)

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Vietnamese

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Vietnamese


by Pimsleur Language Method

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic Vietnamese, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (VNM81, $19.95)

Platoon, Special Edition

Platoon, Special Edition


by Oliver Stone

  • 2005
  • DVD

Oliver Stone's semi-autobiographical masterpiece depicts the horrors of the Vietnam War in gritty realism through the eyes of a young recruit. (VNM98, $14.98)

The Quiet American


by Phillip Noyce

  • 2003
  • DVD

Michael Caine stars as a British journalist stationed in Vietnam in the 1950s who becomes friends with a seemingly harmless American (Brendan Fraser). (VNM59, $29.99)

Reporting Vietnam, American Journalism 1959-1975


by Ward Just

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 858 PAGES

A riveting selection of contemporary newspaper and magazine reports and books by American journalists. This paperback edition draws from the original two-volume Library of America hardcover edition. (VNM77, $35.00)

River Road to China, The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73

River Road to China, The Search for the Source of the Mekong, 1866-73


by Milton Osborne

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 247 PAGES

An excellent modern account of a 19th-century French expedition 4,000 miles from Vietnam and Cambodia into unknown regions of China in search of the source of the Mekong. (SEA29, $16.95)

Rough Guide Vietnam

Rough Guide Vietnam


by Jan Dodd

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 568 PAGES

This practical guide in the excellent British series includes an excellent historical and cultural overview. (VNM103, $21.99)

Sacred War, Nationalism and Revolution in a Divided Vietnam

Sacred War, Nationalism and Revolution in a Divided Vietnam


by William J. Duiker

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A history of the Vietnam War, from the perspective of North Vietnam. Bolstered by new research, quotes, and contemporary Vietnamese documents, this books provides a compelling complement to the American narrative of the war. (VNM106, $48.25)

The Second Indochina War, A Concise Political and Military History


by William S. Turley

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 301 PAGES

In this thorough, scholarly history of the Vietnam War, Turley's familiarity with Vietnamese-language materials allows for a balanced analysis. (VNM139, $29.95)

Southeast Asia in the New International Era


by Clark Neher

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A good general history of the entire region and its place in the world. (SEA17, $39.00)

Southeast Asia, A Concise History

Southeast Asia, A Concise History


by Mary Somers Heidhues

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A highly readable, illustrated history of Southeast Asia, covering politics, economics, society and culture. With 131 black-and-white illustrations and 11 maps. (SEA26, $19.95)

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down


by Anne Fadiman

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

The editor of American Scholar, Fadiman gracefully documents the encounter between two worldviews, in an intimate portrait of a Hmong refugee family in California. (VNM31, $15.00)

Street Without Joy


by Bernard B. Fall

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

A vivid account of the French defeat in Vietnam. (VNM18, $27.95)

The Tale of Kieu, Bilingual Edition

The Tale of Kieu, Bilingual Edition


by Huynh Thong

  • LITERATURE
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 211 PAGES

A cornerstone of Vietnamese literature, this much-loved epic poem was written in the early 19th-century by a Vietnamese ambassador to the Chinese court. (VNM22, $22.00)

To Hanoi and Back, The U.S. Air Force and North Vietnam, 1966-1973


by Wayne Thompson | Richard P. Hallion

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

A detailed history of the American Air campaign in the Vietnam War. (VNM57, $31.95)

To What End?


by Ward Just

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

Reports from Vietnman in 1966-1967 by the Washington Post reporter and novelist, reissued on the 25th anniversary of the fall of Saigon. (VNM73, $14.00)

A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia

A Traveller's History of Southeast Asia


by J.M. Barwise | Nicholas J. White

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES
  • COMING IN MARCH

A compact history of the region, including the Khmer and the various ancient kingdoms that produced Borobudur, Angkor and other architectural marvels. (SEA36, $14.95)

Travels in the East

Travels in the East


by Donald Richie | Stephen Mansfield

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES

The unmatchable, exuberant Richie (who winningly writes "New countries are like new clothes") muses on Egypt, India, Bhutan, Mongolia, China, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Borneo, Thailand, Yap, Korea, and Japan in this kaleidoscope of travel essays. (ASA63, $14.95)

Two Cakes Fit for a King, Folktales from Vietnam


by Nguye Nguyen

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

These 10 illustrated popular folktales, passed down through oral tradition, illuminate Vietnamese culture, tradition and history. (VNM119, $16.95)

Up Country

Up Country


by Nelson Demille

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 880 PAGES

A Tom Clancy-Style military thriller, rich in historical detail, geography and intrigue. Demille, a Vietnam veteran, follows the fate of his career army protagonist on a trip back to Vietnam in 1997. (VNM46, $7.99)

Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu that Led America into the Vietnam War


by Ted Morgan

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 752 PAGES

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist provides an absorbing account of the decisive 1954 French defeat at Dien Bien Phu and how it set the stage for American involvement in Vietnam. (VNM144, $40.00)

Victory in Vietnam: The Official History of the People's Army of Vietnam, 1954-1974


by Merle L. Pribbenow

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

This translation of the 1994 official history of the People's Army of Vietnam provides a detailed account of two decades of struggle and remarkable insight into the North Vietnamese view of the war. (VNM145, $49.95)

A Viet Cong Memoir

A Viet Cong Memoir


by Truang Nhu Tang

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

A candid, revealing story of a revolutionary life, wonderfully free of cant. This telling memoir by the former Viet Cong Minister of Justice, now living in exile in Paris, gives a detailed report from the inside of the Viet Cong. (VNM11, $15.95)

Vietnam at War

Vietnam at War


by Mark Philip Bradley

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 233 PAGES

A balanced and concise history that approaches the wars in Vietnam, their causes and ramifications from a Vietnamese perspective. Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand the significance of the Vietnam War to the development of the nation. (VNM140, $29.95)

Vietnam Rising, Culture and Change in Asia's Tiger Cub


by William Ratliff

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 125 PAGES

Ratliff looks at cultural, political, and economic change in Vietnam from a business perspective. (VNM127, $15.95)

Vietnam Today: A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads

Vietnam Today: A Guide to a Nation at a Crossroads


by Mark Ashwill | Thai Ngoc Diep

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 188 PAGES

A practical guide to the politics, culture and getting along in contemporary Vietnam. (VNM80, $27.95)

The Vietnam War, A Concise International History

The Vietnam War, A Concise International History


by Mark Atwood Lawrence

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES

An admirably focused history of the war, its beginnings, and global consequences. (VNM105, $18.95)

Vietnam, A History

Vietnam, A History


by Stanley Karnow

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 768 PAGES

This blockbuster book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author is history at its best: masterfully researched, well written and comprehensive. (VNM10, $22.00)

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia Map


by Nelles

  • 2010
  • MAP

A convenient, double-sided map of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam at a scale of 1:1,500,000, with city maps of Hanoi, Vientiane, Ho Chi Minh City, Luang Prabang, and Phnom Penh. (SEA75, $13.95)

Vietnam, The Necessary War

Vietnam, The Necessary War


by Michael Lind

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 314 PAGES

A reinterpretation of America's most disastrous military conflict by Michael Lind, a political journalist and fellow at the New America Foundation. Lind challenges the received wisdom, suggesting that the disaster in Indochina was a just and winnable war. (VNM74, $20.99)

Vietnam: A Natural History

Vietnam: A Natural History


by Eleanor J. Sterling | Martha Maud Hurley | Le Duc Minh | Joyce Ann Powzyk

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

A serious, thorough study of habitats, wildlife, human influence and conservation in Vietnam, featuring a handful of color photographs (VNM85, $22.00)

Vietnamese, Start Speaking Today


by Language/30

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • AUDIO CD

A 90-minute crash course in Vietnamese featured on CD and phrasebook. (VNM58, $24.95)

The Village


by Bing West

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

The powerful story of 15 American Marines who volunteered to train 6,000 farmers to defend their village -- and who fought alongside them for 495 days against two hundred Viet Cong. (VNM146, $7.99)

War Letters, Stories of Courage, Longing and Sacrifice


by Robert Kenner

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • DVD

A dramatic presentation of letters home, produced by PBS. (WAR77, $19.98)

We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam


by Harold G. Moore

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

This devastating account of the battles against the North Vietnamese at the Ia Drang Valley, November, 1965, presents a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge--and dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier. (VNM116, $18.00)

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places

When Heaven and Earth Changed Places


by Jay Wurts | Le Ly Hayslip

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

A moving account of life in a Viet Cong village and the horrors of the war, struggling to survive in the Saigon black market and adjustment to life in the United States with her American husband. Hayslip founded the East Meets West Foundation. (VNM41, $17.00)

A Woman's Asia

A Woman's Asia


by Marybeth Bond

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 310 PAGES

These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller. (ASA49, $17.95)

Zen Keys, A Guide to Zen Practice

Zen Keys, A Guide to Zen Practice


by Thich Nhat Hanh

  • RELIGION
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

An overview of Zen Buddhism as practiced in Vietnam, including 43 koans from the 13th century Vietnamese master, Tran Thai Tong, and an opening chapter on daily life in a Zen monastery. Originally published in 1974. (VNM72, $14.95)

 

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