Military history: post WW2 conflicts books

"This book of Nick Ut's pictures and Hal Buell's wonderfully spare prose about Nick's life is so much more than...  Read More >>

A coming of age story of a young man facing his draft notice during the Vietnam Era, and how his decision shaped...  Read More >>

If you are looking for a lot of shooting and heroics, this is not your book. What it is, is a very realistic portrait...  Read More >>

An explosive account of experiences with the deadly counter insurgency unit Koevoet during the Angolan Border War....  Read More >>

A unique civilian perspective by someone who spent three years in the midst of the Afghan war.  Read More >>

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At the end of the Vietnam War, Pan American World Airways successfully evacuated 463 American and Vietnamese civilians...  Read More >>

The long buried story of three extraordinary female journalists who permanently shattered the official and cultural...  Read More >>

"This is a story of how one young soldier recalls the events of war. He remembers the men he served with who had...  Read More >>

If you are looking for a lot of shooting and heroics, this is not your book. What it is, is a very realistic portrait...  Read More >>

The story of the 15-month deployment of 5/73 Cav to Iraq in 2006-07, in the soldiers' own words.  Read More >>

Lt.Michael Patrick Murphy, a Navy SEAL, earned the Medal of Honor on 28 June 2005 for his bravery during a fierce...  Read More >>

This vibrant graphic novel, adapted from Andrew Wiest's best-selling story of the Boys of '67, covers not only Charlie...  Read More >>

Letters from THE HEART provides a fascinating look at history through the daily lens of an intelligent and articulate...  Read More >>

A Vietnam War combat memoir from the perspective of an artilleryman. Impact Zone documents Marine First Lieutenant...  Read More >>

A pilots eye account of flying the Apache attack helicopter in combat.  Read More >>

This book is a chronicle of the 1975 flight of Vietnamese from their country. It traces the departure from Vietnam...  Read More >>

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Vividly written and based on up-to-date scholarship, this title provides an interpretive overview of the international...  Read More >>

Studies of air combat in the Vietnam War inevitably focus on the MiG-killing fighter engagements, B-52 onslaughts...  Read More >>

The 2021 Best Indie Book Award winner for Nonfiction Military History! In May 1969, at the peak of the Vietnam...  Read More >>

Not for God and Country is a true and definitive war story written by a decorated Marine who survived some of the...  Read More >>

Not for God and Country is a true and definitive war story written by a decorated Marine who survived some of the...  Read More >>

A coming of age story of a young man facing his draft notice during the Vietnam Era, and how his decision shaped...  Read More >>

This course is part of the Learn25 collection.  Read More >>