General Works (Page 1)

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	Kolko, Gabriel. Anatomy of a War : Vietnam, the United States, and the Modern Historical Experience. New York: Pantheon, 1985; reprint, New Press, 1994.
	Pratt, John Clark, comp. Vietnam Voices : Perspectives on the War Years, 1941-1982. New York: Penguin, 1984.     This is a highly recommended and somewhat unusual work. Pratt has collected everything from official documents to oral history to fiction to wall graffiti in order to shed some light on the cultural impact of the American involvement in the Vietnam War.
	Sheehan, Neil. A Shining Bright Lie : John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam. New York: Random House, 1988; Vintage, 1989.      *CORE* Major study of the US involvement in Vietnam, traced through the actions of a man who became both one of the most senior advisors and strategist and critics of the way the war was waged, John Paul Vann. Sheehan was an Army journalist prior to the war, and covered Vietnam first for UPI, then for the NY Times.
	Westmoreland, General William. A Soldier Reports. New York: Doubleday, 1976; Reprint. Da Capo Press, 1989.
	Young, Marilyn B. The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990. New York: Harper Collins, 1991; Harper Perennial, 1992.