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1	A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam more books like this by Lewis Sorley add to wishlist Neglected by scholars and journalists alike, the years of conflict in Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 offer surprises not only about how the war was fought, but about what was achieved. Drawing from thousands of hours of previously unavailable (and still classified) tape-recorded meetings between the highest levels of the American military command in ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $9.50! \| SVS
2	Lessons in Disaster: McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam more books like this by Gordon M Goldstein add to wishlist 'I had a part in a great failure. I made mistakes of perception, recommendation and execution. If I have learned anything I should share it'. These are not words that Americans ever expected to hear from McGeorge Bundy, the national security adviser to presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. But in the last years of his life, Bundy - the ... see all copies from $9.79! new only from $12.02! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Electric Kool Aid Acid Test more books like this by Tom James Wolfe add to wishlist Tom Wolfe's THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST is one of the most essential works on the 1960s counterculture, revolutionizing the way the reporters wrote about the world. This seminal work of the New Journalism, a style which explored the writer's own experience of the journey rather than merely reporting the bare facts, was written in a mind ... see all copies from $2.67! new only from $5.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream more books like this by Hunter S Thompson add to wishlist A classic of American journalism from the aftermath of the '60s, Hunter S. Thompson's FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, the chronicle of his life on the road and on drugs, was originally published serially in Rolling Stone in 1971. Dubbing himself a "Gonzo journalist," Thompson devoted his entire career to defining that term as a reporter whose ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Inherent Vice more books like this by Thomas Pynchon add to wishlist Part noir, part psychedelic romp, and all Pynchon, "Inherent Vice" spotlights private eye Doc Sportello who occasionally comes out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era, as the free love of the 1960s slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L.A. fog. see all copies from $14.67! new only from $18.02! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Half of a Yellow Sun more books like this by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie add to wishlist From the award-winning author of "Purple Hibiscus" comes this masterly, haunting new novel, in which Adichie recreates a seminal moment in modern African history: Biafra's impassioned struggle to establish an independent republic in Nigeria during the 1960s. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $8.54! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in V more books like this by H Moore add to wishlist This compelling account of two major engagements in Vietnam's la Drang Valley in November 1965 is written by the man who commanded the battalion that was involved and by a war correspondent who was there. Both spent years interviewing soldiers who made it through and families of those lost in battle. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Old School more books like this by Tobias Wolff add to wishlist The author of the genre-defining memoir "This Boy's Life" now gives readers his first novel--at once a celebration of literature and delicate hymn to a lost innocence of American life and art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.12! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	So long a letter more books like this by Mariama Ba add to wishlist Winner of the Noma Award for publishing in Africa, this novel paints a portrait of a woman who, with courage and dignity, refuses to accept a polygamous life. Though her husband's action is sanctioned by Islam, to her it is a brutal denial of their years together. see all copies from $2.08! new only from $50.50!
10	Fallen Angels more books like this by Walter Dean Myers add to wishlist An account of the Vietnam War as told by a young African American foot soldier. Seventeen-year-old Richie Perry enlists in the Army as a means of escaping what he sees as his dead end life in Harlem. He arrives in Vietnam in 1967 and quickly discovers the horrible reality of war and the true meaning of friendship and survival. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Special Ops more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist An elite U.S. special forces team goes to the Congo to prevent a Che Guevara-backed Communist revolution. Griffin's novel is based on Guevara's actual attempt to infiltrate Africa. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Boom!: Voices of the Sixties Personal Reflections on the '60s and Today more books like this by Tom Brokaw (Read by) add to wishlist With the bestseller "The Greatest Generation," Brokaw defined for America what it meant to come of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War. Now, the veteran newsman takes readers into the tumultuous decade of the 1960s--a decade of turbulence and change. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	New Breed more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist From the jungles of Vietnam to the far-flung battlefields of the African Congo, they faced the turmoil of a new era. But the courage and skill of these young fighting men were an American tradition, and they rose to the challenge of military valor. They were America's new breed. Continuing the bestselling Brotherhood of War saga. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife: Counterinsurgency Lessons from Malaya and Vietnam more books like this by John A Nagl, John Schoomaker (Foreword by) add to wishlist Invariably, armies are accused of preparing to fight the previous war. In "Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife", Lieutenant Colonel John A. Nagl - a veteran of both Operation Desert Storm and the current conflict in Iraq - considers the now-crucial question of how armies adapt to changing circumstances during the course of conflicts for which they ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $11.42! \| SVS
15 view cover	Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 more books like this by Taylor Branch add to wishlist Hailed as the most masterful story ever told of the American civil rights movement, Parting the Waters is destined to endure for generations. Branch provides an unsurpassed portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, rise to greatness and illuminates the courage, the deals, betrayals, and rivalries that determined history. Winner of the National Book ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood more books like this by Alexandra Fuller add to wishlist Raised in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian War (1971-1979), this memoirist expresses the violence of African politics and the African landscape from her perspective as a white citizen born in England. Insects, landmines, leopards, and terrorists imprint this coming-of-age story. A New York Times Notable Book of 2002. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	She's Come Undone more books like this by Wally Lamb add to wishlist In his first novel, Wally Lamb creates a heroine--Dolores Price--who survives family insanity, rape, abuse, obesity, and the death of loved ones, emerging at the end as a strong, tough woman whose life is moving toward hope and salvation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Patron Saint of Liars more books like this by Ann Patchett add to wishlist A first novel set in St. Elizabeth's, a Kentucky home for unwed mothers run by nuns. Rose Clinton turns up there, pregnant but by no means unwed, and fleeing from her life by means of a series of lies. She learns to cook from elderly Sister Evangeline, and ends up marrying Son, the handyman, who narrates the second section of the novel, describing ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America more books like this by Rick Perlstein add to wishlist Heralded by stunning reviews, Perlstein's best-selling NIXONLAND begins in the blood and fire of the Watts riots - one week after President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, and nine months after his historic landslide victory over Barry Goldwater seemed to have heralded a permanent liberal consensus. The next year scores of liberals were ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam more books like this by Cynthia Kadohata add to wishlist The 2005 Newbery Medal-winning author of "Kira-Kira" returns with this action-packed glimpse into the Vietnam War, as seen through the eyes of a German shepherd trained to sniff out bombs, traps, and the enemy, and her handler, a young soldier who thinks he's not tough enough for war. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East more books like this by Michael B Oren, PH.D. add to wishlist In 1967 the future of the state of Israel was far from certain. But with its swift and stunning military victory against an Arab coalition led by Egypt in the Six Day War, Israel not only preserved its existence but redrew the map of the region, with fateful consequences. The Camp David Accords, the assassinations of Anwar Sadat and Yitzhak Rabin, ... see all copies from $2.82! new only from $8.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Pillar of Fire: America in the King Years 1963-65 more books like this by Taylor Branch add to wishlist The second part of a three-volume history of the civil rights movement, written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian. Branch portrays the movement itself and the larger society that it both grew from and fought against, and he includes depictions of the major and minor players in this drama, from Martin Luther King to J. Edgar Hoover to the three ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	A Lion Called Christian: The True Story of the Remarkable Bond Between Two Friends and a Lion more books like this by Anthony Bourke, John Rendall, George Adamson (Foreword by) add to wishlist In 2008 an extraordinary two-minute film clip appeared on YouTube and immediately became an international phenomenon. It captures the moving reunion of two young men and their pet lion Christian, after they had left him in Africa with "Born Free's "George Adamson to introduce him into his rightful home in the wild. "A Lion Called Christian "tells ... see all copies from $6.75! new only from $12.95! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	In Cold Blood more books like this by Truman Capote add to wishlist Truman Capote's masterpiece, IN COLD BLOOD, a sterling early example of the New Journalism, was part of an evolving genre that filtered events both big and small through the writer's own experiences and feelings. IN COLD BLOOD is the intensely researched story of the Clutter family of Holcomb, Kansas, and the two men who brutally murdered them on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home more books like this by Tim O'Brien add to wishlist Novelist O'Brien's first book is a harrowing portrait of an infantry soldier's life in Vietnam. see all copies from $2.77! new only from $6.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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