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Edelman, Bernard
    Dear America : Letters Home from Vietnam

Letters from men and women who served in Vietnam.  Some of these are their last letters, but all are honest accounts.  The book was the source for an excellent documentary.   

Ehrhart, W.D.
    Vietnam-Perkasie : A Combat Marine Memoir

Well known account of the authors tour. 1983  

    Ordinary Lives : Platoon 1005 and the Vietman War

The author located and interviewed members of his platoon from boot camp.  Apr 1999

    Passing Time : Memoir of a Vietnam Veteran Against the War

With H. Bruce Franklin. May 1995 

    Busted : A Vietnam Veteran in Nixon's America

1995 

    Carrying the Darkness : The Poetry of the Vietnam War

1989 

    The Distance We Travel

1993 

    Going Back : A Poet Who Was Once a Marine Returns to Vietnam

1987 

    Going Back : An Ex-Marine Returns to Vietnam

1987: I am a little confused about the titles here. The listing above has a similar title, but is cheaper. They may be the same book . . . 

    The Outer Banks & Other Poems

1985 

    Just for Laughs

1990 

    Unaccustomed Mercy : Soldier Poets of the Vietnam War

Edited by W.D. Ehrhart 1989 

    In the Shadow of Vietnam : Essays, 1977-1991

1991 

Ehrhart, W.D. & Larry Heinemann
    Documentary Series : An Illustrated Chronicle : American Writers of the Vietnam War (Dictionary of Literary Biography) Volume 9 

I don't know what this is, but it costs a fortune! 

Retrieving Bones : Stories and Poems of the Korean War (edited by W.D. Ehrhart with Philip K. Jason) [website]

An anthology of short stories and poems to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War. Yes, I know it is not Vietnam, but it is an important book, long overdue, and well done. I was surprised at how much of the poetry reminded me of literature of the Vietnam War. Jul 1999

Elliott, Paul
    Vietnam : Conflict & Controversy

March 1997  

Elwood-Akers, Virginia
    Women War Correspondents in the Vietnam War, 1961-1975

April 1998  

Emerson, Gloria
    Winners and Losers: Battles, Retreats, Gains, Losses, and Ruins from the Vietnam War

Here is an early Vietnam book, 1976, by a reporter who was there. It won the National Book Award. The author has reported on subjects that no one else would have found and it is a rather eclectic history. I recommend it for students of the war, realizing that includes many vets. 

Engelmann, Larry
    Tears Before the Rain : An Oral History of the Fall of South Vietnam

Sept. 1997. 

Epstein, Mitch
    Vietnam : A Book of Changes

Nov 1996. 

Ernst, John
    Forging a Fateful Alliance : Michigan State University and the Vietnam War

Jun 1998  

Estep, James
    Company Commander - Vietnam : An Infantryman's Story

Quite likely a reprint of "Comanche Six : Company Commander, Vietnam."  May 1997 

Evans,  Daniel E., Jr. and Charles W. Sasser
    "Doc : Platoon + Medic"

Jan  1998  

What does mean?  It is just my very subjective list of the top ten books to read about the Vietnam War.  I list them here.

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My Vietnam Related Websites:
Women in Vietnam ~ Not only nurses served . . .
Dusty's Home Page ~ Poetry and prose by a woman who was a nurse in Vietnam
Emily's Poetry ~ By a Red Cross Donut Dolly
Battle Dressing ~ The Journey of a Nurse in Vietnam
Tim O'Brien's Home Page ~ National Book Award Winner and Americal Vet
Shrapnel in the Heart ~ The most moving book you will read on Vietnam
The Irish on the Wall ~ An effort to locate the Irish who died in Vietnam
Project Hearts and Minds ~ Help put Viet Nam back together
All About Vietnam   ~ An annotated bibliography of books about Vietnam for sale thru Amazon Worldwide!
Photos from a Holts' Military History Tour ~ My trip to Vietnam, February 1998
Illinois Vietnam Women's Memorial ~ Honoring all the Illinois women who served

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