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Eisenhower, Dwight D. Mandate for Change. (1963) a presidential political memoir
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LeMay, General Curtis E. and Kantor, MacKinley. Mission with LeMay (1965) autobiography of controversial former Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force
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McCain, John. Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir (1999) the Senator was a POW
Marshall, Kathryn. In the Combat Zone: An Oral History of American Women in Vietnam, 1966–1975 (1987)
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Myers, Thomas. Walking Point: American Narratives of Vietnam (1988)
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Public Papers of the Presidents, 1965 (1966) official documents of U.S. presidents.
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Sinhanouk, Prince Norodom. "Cambodia Neutral: The Dictates of Necessity." Foreign Affairs. (1958) describes the geopolitical situation of Cambodia
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Terry, Wallace, ed. Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans (1984)
The Pentagon Papers (Gravel ed. 5 vol 1971); combination of narrative and secret documents compiled by Pentagon. excerpts
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Cooper, Chester L. The Lost Crusade: America in Vietnam (1970) a Washington insider's memoir of events.
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Hitchens, Christopher. The Vietnam Syndrome.
Karnow, Stanley. Vietnam: A History (1983), popular history by a former foreign correspondent; strong on Saigon's plans.
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Lewy, Guenter. America in Vietnam (1978), defends U.S. actions.
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Spector, Ronald. After Tet: The Bloodiest Year in Vietnam (1992), very broad coverage of 1968.
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Vietnam bulletin - a weekly publication of the Embassy of Vietnam in United States. The Reunification of Vietnam, Special issue No.16, Available online
