What to Read After Vietnam
Readers who loved Vietnam by Stanley Karnow keep reaching for these 19 books. This list is built from where Vietnam is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Vietnam
A Bright Shining Lie
The Korean War
America's Longest War
The Vietnam Wars, 1945-1990
A Vietcong Memoir
About Face
Dereliction of Duty
The Long Gray Line
In Retrospect
Hell in a Very Small Place
On Strategy
Vietnam
The Last Valley
The Cat from Hue
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
11/22/63
James and the Giant Peach
Brave New World
Matilda