Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Buddha's child Buddha's child Nguyen Cao Ky,Marvin Wolf,Cao Kỳ Nguyäên "The history of the Vietnam War has rarely been told from the Vietnamese perspective - and never by a leader of South Vietnam, a nation that ceased to exist in 1975. In Buddha's Child, Nguyen Cao Ky … OL12024078W
What It Is Like to Go to War What It Is Like to Go to War Karl Marlantes From the author of the *New York Times* bestseller *Matterhorn*, this is a powerful nonfiction book about the experience of combat and how inadequately we prepare our young men and women for war. … OL16099615W
The utility of proximity-based herbicide exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of Vietnam ve… The utility of proximity-based herbicide exposure assessment in epidemiologic studies of Vietnam ve… Institute of Medicine Staff In past studies evaluating whether health problems experienced by Vietnam veterans might be linked to wartime use of Agent Orange or other herbicides, a fundamental challenge has been a lack of infor… OL18740136W
FORREST GUMP (Movie Tie in) FORREST GUMP (Movie Tie in) Winston Groom It's a poignant, sometimes funny and sweet view of the world viewed through the innoncence of the man child protaganist. The title character Forrest goes on an epic journey through life, meeting many… OL1898760W
Navy medicine in Vietnam Navy medicine in Vietnam Jan K. Herman "The book chronicles the story of the Navy Medical Department's participation in Vietnam, beginning with the Navy's rescue of the French survivors of the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954 and ending wi… OL3344671W
My father, my son My father, my son Elmo R. Zumwalt A father and son both served in Vietnam. The son developed cancer; perhaps from the Agent Orange his father had given the order to use. OL4963318W
Keep your head down Keep your head down Anderson, Doug This memoir, by poet Doug Anderson (The Moon Reflected Fire), begins with a southern childhood, spans his experience in the Vietnam war as a corpsman with a marine infantry battalion, through the six… OL891742W