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The Things They Carried: Adult Booklist
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Title: A Rumor of War
Author: Caputo, Philip
Call Number: 959.70438 C175r
Notes: Having served in Vietnam, Caputo offers his meditations on all aspects of war. [formats avail: book and book-on-tape]

 
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Title: War Letters : Extraordinary Correspondence From American Wars
Author: Carroll, Andrew (ed.)
Call Number: 355.0092 W195L
Notes: A fascinating collection of previously unpublished letters from the Civil War up through the more recent conflict in Bosnia

 
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Title: War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning
Author: Hedges, Chris
Call Number: 355.02 H358w
Notes: National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction finalist.

 
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Title: Vietnam, a History
Author: Karnow, Stanley
Call Number: 959.7043 K147v5
Notes: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

 
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Title: Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation
Author: MacPherson, Myra
Call Number: 973.923 M242L2
Notes: The Philadelphia Inquirer said, "A brilliant and necessary book... this stunning depiction of Vietnam's bitter fruit is calculated to agitateeven the most complacent American."

 
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Title: We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
Author: Moore, Harold G.
Call Number: 959.7043 M783w2
Notes: This depiction of the Ia Drang battle in 1965 was made into a film with Mel Gibson

 
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Title: A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Author: Sheehan, Neil
Call Number: 959.7043 V334s2
Notes: Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

 
 
Title: Home Before Morning: the Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
Author: Van Devanter, Lynda
Call Number: 959.7043 V286h
Notes: Powerful, heart-wrenching account of a nurse's tour of duty.