“A Bright Shining Lie,” Neil Sheehan (1988) Halberstam's sources as a reporter included Lt. Col. John Paul Vann, a U.S. adviser to South Vietnam who became a determined critic of American ...

Vietnam has been called the first “television” war. ... 10 fiction and nonfiction books inspired by the Vietnam War. The Associated Press. April 24, 2025, 12:13 AM. Share This: ...

Vietnam has been called the first “television” war. But it has also inspired generations of writers who have explored its origins, its horrors, its af.

NONFICTION“The Best and the Brightest,” David Halberstam (1972) As a young reporter in Vietnam, David Halberstam had been among the first journalists to report candidly on the military’s ...

This combination of book cover images shows, top row from left, Matterhorn, by Karl Marlantes, ... including an uncle whose “youth the Vietnam War consumed.” NONFICTION ...

“The Things They Carried,” Tim O'Brien (1990) The Vietnam War was the last extended conflict waged while the U.S. still had a military draft, and the last to inspire a wide range of notable ...

This combination of book cover images shows, top row from left, Matterhorn, by Karl Marlantes, ... including an uncle whose “youth the Vietnam War consumed.” NONFICTION ...

The Vietnam War was the last extended conflict waged while the U.S. still had a military draft, and the last to inspire a wide range of notable, first-hand fiction — none more celebrated or ...