Thomas with loyal bodyguard, Tyson
Your Host at VietnamWarBooks.net…
Hey everyone, cheers for visiting and I’m thrilled you’ve got to my Vietnam War Books site. My name is Thomas Caley, I’m from Lancaster in the UK, and ever since I was a kid I’ve held a fascination with the Vietnam war. I’ve tried my damnest to read all the books I could lay my hands on and I’m a massive fan of all the big movies. You could say I’m a bit of a Vietnam junky. I studied the Vietnam War at university from 1998 – 2002 with a particular emphasis on the history and politics of the US administrations during the conflict. So while you could say I’ve got an academic grounding in the study of the war, it’s also true that I’m well into the action, adventure and ‘culture’ of it all from a boys-own perspective. However…
Maximum respect to the combatants…
I just want to make a point here, as I know people will come to this site with differing perspectives. I get some people visiting who are just looking for good books; I also get a number of veterans visiting, folks who no doubt have painful memories. I know how difficult it is to go through war as members of my own family have been through similar circumstances, and I’m certainly not some kind of blood-thirsty war fan. War is a terrible thing – any Vietnam vet will happily tell you that and I think it’s of paramount importance that we remember with sobriety the courage and determination of the troops who fought and died on both sides of this war. Many of the stories I review here recount brutal and heartbreaking events and there’s human suffering laced throughout the books. This was after all a conflict which claimed almost 60,000 deaths on the US side and perhaps 1.2 million on the North Vietnamese/Vietcong side. This is not counting the millions of civilians who met their end as a result of the Vietnam war.
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On the menu bar above you’ll see I’ve divided the book reviews into broad genres, so just click on the one you’re after and scroll through the reviews. Alternatively use the search box in the sidebar. If you’ve got any questions or comments don’t hesitate to get in touch via the contact form – I’d love to hear from you. Just let me know if you’ve read any decent Vietnam books I haven’t covered here and I’ll get them reviewed and onto the site pronto! You can also catch up with me on Twitter, G+ and Facebook or at the Book and Reader Forum where I post as Thomas London (original name for a Brit, right?!)
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You’ll see each book review has its own page with a clickable image of the book cover and underlined text links marked with the letters (affl). This indicates an affiliate link – you’ll be redirected to Amazon (where I get all my books) and if you buy something there I’ll receive a commission. The small amount of money I get from this goes towards the cost of running this site, and let me say a huge thanks if you do decide to support my work in this way:) Also if you like what you see don’t be shy in using one of the social bookmark buttons to share the page with others who might be interested…much appreciation.
Beautiful, beautiful Vietnam…
Just as a sign off to this page, and before you get into the reviews I’d like to mention what a stunning place Vietnam is in my opinion…for a long time the country of Vietnam became synonymous with its war, a landscape cursed by years of brutal conflict. Happily, things have changed and now Vietnam is a vibrant, positive and young place ( I recently read over 75% of the population were born after 1975 and so now consider the war ancient history!). Although I haven’t been over yet, I’ve read books and seen TV shows and the countryside and people seem beautiful. I’m dying to visit and if things go well for me next year I’ll be taking time to tour southeast Asia. I’m really anxious to visit the places in Vietnam I’ve been reading about and also check out Thailand and Singapore where I have my own family war history to investigate. In the meantime happy reading and peace to you all.
TC
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