List of United States military books

• Classified Secret-Controlling Air Strikes in the Clandestine War in Laos by Jan Churchill • Code Name Bright Light-US POW Rescue Efforts in the Vietnam War by George J. Veith • 10,000 Days Of Thunder- A History of the Vietnam War by Philip Caputo • Fast Movers-Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience by John Darrell Sherwood • In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by (Former Secretary of Defense) Robert S. McNamara • Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88 by Harold Wise • One Shot, One Kill- American Combat Snipers: WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Beirut by Charles W. Sasser/Craig Roberts • Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military by Oxford University Press • Pathfinder: First In, Last Out by Richard R. Burns • REQUIEM: By The Photographers Who Died In Vietnam and Indochina by Random House • ''The Secret War Against Hanoi-Kennedy's and Johnson's use of spies, Saboteurs, and covert warriors in North Vietnam'' by Richard H. Shultz Jr. • Stolen Valor: How The Vietnam Generation Was Robbed Of Its Heroes And Its History by B. G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley • Vietnam Firebases, 1965-1973 by Randy E. M. Foster • Vietnam Order of Battle by Shelby L. Stanton • Where We Were In Vietnam: A Comprehensive Guide To The Firebases, Military Installations, and Naval Vessels Of The Vietnam War, 1945-1975 by Michael P. Kelley ==Army==

• A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan • Acceptable Loss-Fighting in Vietnam by Kregg P. Jorgenson • American Warrior: A Combat Memoir Of Vietnam by John "Doc" Bahansen Jr. • A Soldier Reports by GEN William C. Westmoreland • A Hundred Miles of Bad Road by D. W. Birdwell & K. W. Nolan • The Army and Vietnam by Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr. • Battle For Hue, Tet 1968 by Keith Nolan • Bell UH-1 Huey "Slicks" 1962-75 by Chris Bishop • Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden • Chickenhawk by Robert Mason • ''Death In The A-Shau Valley, L Company LRRP's Vietnam, 1969-1970'' by Larry Chambers • Death Valley, Summer Offensive, August 1968 by K. W. Nolan • Dispatches by Michael Herr • Doc: Platoon Medic by Daniel E. Evans Jr. • Dustoff-The Memoir of an Army Aviator by Michael J. Novosel • Eyes Behind The Lines-L Company Rangers in Vietnam 1968 by Gary A. Linderer • Gunslingers In Action, Cobra-Vietnam by Lou Drendel • Hamburger Hill, The Brutal Battle For Dong Ap Bia, May 11–20, 1969 by Samuel Zaffiri • ''House To House-Playing The Enemy's Game, Saigon, May 1968'' by Keith W. Nolan • If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien • ''In Pharaoh's Army: Memoirs of the Lost War'' by Tobias Wolff • Into Laos, The Story of Lam Son 719/Dewey Canyon II, 1971 by Keith W. Nolan • The Killing Zone- My Life In The Vietnam War by Frederick Downs • Low Level Hell by Hugh Mills • Mounted Combat In Vietnam by GEN Donn A. Starry • ''Recondo: LRRP's In Vietnam'' by Larry Chambers • Ringed in Steel: Armored Cavalry, Vietnam 1967-1968 by Michael D. Mahler • RIPCORD(Firebase), Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970 by K. W. Nolan • Rolling Thunder, In A Gentle Land by Andrew Wiest • Sappers in the Wire - The Life and Death of FIREBASE MARY ANN by Keith W. Nolan • Snake Pilot: Flying The Cobra Attack Helicopter In Vietnam by Randy R. Zahn • ''Six Silent Men- LRRP's In Vietnam'' by Kenn Miller • ''SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos'' by John Plaster • Tanks in the Wire! - The First Use Of Enemy Armor In Vietnam by David B. Stockwell • The 13th Valley, by John M. DelVecchio • Tank Sergeant-1/69th Armor, Vietnam by Ralph Zumbro • They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 by David Maraniss • Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Time by Lewis Sorley • To The Limit- An Air Cavalry Pilot In The Vietnam War by Tom A. Johnson • The Tunnels Of Cu Chi by Tom Mangold • Through The Valley, Vietnam, 1967-1968 by James F. Humphries • US Army AH-1 Cobra Units in Vietnam by Johnathon Bernstein • US Infantry, Vietnam by Jim Mesko • Vietnam Choppers, Helicopters In Battle 1950-1975 by Simon Dunstan • Vietnam Airmobile Warfare Tactics by Bruce B. G. Clarke • Westmoreland: A Biography of General William Westmoreland by Samuel Zaffiri • We Served In Silence by author Glenn K. Fannin Jr. A Vietnam war novel relating the activities of the Army Security Agency. Recently categorized as Unclassified by the NSA. • We Were Soldiers Once… And Young: Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam by LTG Harold G. Moore ==Navy==

• A-6 Intruders In Vietnam by Jesse Randall • AD Skyraider-In Detail & Scale by Bert Kinzey • ''The Bluejacket's Manual'' by Thomas J. Cutler • Brown Water, Black Berets-Coastal and Riverine Warfare In Vietnam by Thomas J. Cutler LCDR USN • Confession To A Deaf God- Memoir Of A Mekong River Rat by Gary R. Blinn • Crusader! Last of the Gunfighters by Rear Admiral Paul T. Gillcrist • Douglas A-1 Skyraider-Warbird Tech V13-Revised by Larry Davis • Douglas A-1 Skyraider by Robert F. Dorr • Douglas A-4 Skyhawk by Peter Kilduff • F-8 Crusader In Detail & Scale by Bert Kinzey • F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War by Peter Mersky • F-8 Crusader In Action by Jim Sullivan • First SEAL, by Lieutenant Commander Roy Boehm & Charles Sasser • ''Fox Two- The Story Of America's First Ace In Vietnam'' by R. Cunningham/Jeffrey Ethell • Gray Ghosts-US Navy and Marine Corps Phantoms by Peter E. Davies • In the Shadow of Greatness by USNA Class of 2002 • Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88 by Harold Wise • Launch The Intruders: A Naval Attack Squadron In The Vietnam War 1972 by Carol Reardon • McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk By Brad Elward • ''One Perfect Op: An Insider's Account of the Navy SEAL Special Warfare Teams'', by Master Chief Dennis "Snake" Chalker & Kevin Dockery • On Yankee Station- The Naval Air War Over Vietnam by CDR John B. Nichols • Point Man, by Chief James "Patches" Watson & Kevin Dockery • The Real Team, By Commander Richard Marcinko & ten SEAL Team 6 veterans • Riverine- A Pictorial History of the Brown Water War In Vietnam by Jim Mesko • River Rats by Ralph Christopher • Rogue Warrior, by Commander Richard Marcinko & John Weisman • Stop and Search - A novel of small boat warfare off Vietnam (1969) by W. E. Butterworth • Swift Boat Down-The Real Story Of The Sinking Of PCF-19 by James Steffes, ENC Retired • The Vietnam Brown Water Navy 1965-1969 by Gordon L. Rottman • Topgun Days by Dave "Bio" Baranek • Tour of Duty- (Senator) John Kerry and the Vietnam War by Douglas Brinkley • Vietnam-The Naval Story by Frank Uhlig Jr. • US Navy F-4 Phantom II MIG KILLERS 1972-1973 by Brad Elward/Peter E. Davies • US Small Combatants-From PT Boats to the Brown Water Navy by Norman Friedman • ''War On The Rivers-A Swift Boat Sailor's Chronicle Of The Battle For The Mekong Delta'' by Weymouth D. Symmes ==Marine Corps==

• A Sniper In The Arizona, 2/5th Marines in the Arizona Territory 1967 by John J. Culbertson • ''Ambush Valley: I Corps Vietnam 1967-A Marine Battalion's Battle For Survival'' by Eric Hammel • 13 Cent Killers: The 5th Marine Snipers in Vietnam by John Culbertson • Basrah, Baghdad, and Beyond: U.S. Marine Corps in the Second Iraq War by N.E. Reynolds • Battle Cry, by Leon Uris • Bloody Tarawa by Eric Hammel and John E. Lane • Boot by Daniel Da Cruz • Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic • Breakout by Martin Russ • The Bridge at Dong Ha by John Grider Miller • Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC by Jon T. Hoffman • Corps Business: The 30 Management Principles of the U.S. Marines by David H. Freedman • Dauntless Marine - Joseph Sailer Jr., Dive Bombing Ace of Guadalcanal by Alexander S. White • ''Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam'' - Joseph T. Ward • Devilbirds by John A. De Chant • Dog Company Six by Edwin Howard Simmons • Expendable Warriors: The Battle For Khe Sanh by Bruce B. G. Clarke • Fields of Fire by James Webb • First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by Victor H.Krulak • Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley • Flying Leathernecks by Richard G. Hubler & John A. De Chant • Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr. by Lewis Puller Jr. • Generation Kill by Evan Wright • Gray Ghosts - US Navy and Marine Corps Phantoms by Peter E. Davies • Guadalcanal - The Definitive Account of the Landmark battle by Richard B. Frank • Guidebook for Marines, by the staff of the Marine Corps Association • HOGs in the Shadows - Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq by Milo S. Afong • History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II by Robert Sherrod • Hill 488 by Ray Hildreth/Charles W. Sassar • Hold High the Torch - A History of the 4th Marines by Kenneth W. Conduit & Edwin T. Turnbladh • ''"I'm Staying with My Boys..." The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC'' by Jim Proser • In the Shadow of Greatness by USNA Class of 2002 • Images of America - Camp Pendleton by Thomas O'Hara • Iwo Jima - Portraits of a Battle by Eric Hammel • ''Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles'' by Anthony Swofford • The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh 1968 by Ellen Emerson White • Making the Corps, by Thomas E. Ricks • Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit by Tom Clancy • Marine Fighting Squadron Nine (VF-9M) by Jess C. Barrow • Marine Rifleman: Forty-Three Years in the Corps by Wesley Fox • ''The Marine Officer's Guide'' by Kenneth W. Estes • Marine Sniper - 93 Confirmed Kills-Carlos Hathcock, Vietnam by Charles W. Henderson • Mongoose in the Sand by Ron Godby • No Bended Knee : The Battle for Guadalcanal by Merrill B. Twining, Neil G. Carey (Editor) • No True Glory: a Frontline Account of the Battle of Fallujah, by Bing West • One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel C. Fick • Operation Buffalo: USMC Fight for the DMZ by Keith William Nolan • Operation Tuscaloosa-2/5th Marines at An Hon, 1967 by John J. Culbertson • Phase Line GREEN, The Battle For Hue, 1968 by Nicholas Warr • A Rumor Of War-Marines In Vietnam by Philip Caputo • Semper Fi in the Sky - The Marine Air Battles of World War II by Gerald Astor • Semper Fidelis - The History of the United States Marine Corps by Allan Millett • Semper Fi: Vietnam by Edward F. Murphy • Stay off the Skyline - The Sixth Marine Division on Okinawa by Laura Homan Lacey • The Highway War - A Marine Company Commander in Iraq by Seth Folsom • The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division by Ray L. Smith & Bing West • The U.S. Marine Corps Story by J. Robert Moskin • The U.S. Marine Corps: An Illustrated History by Merrill L. Bartlett • The Village by Bing West • Uncommon Men: The Sergeants Major of the Marine Corps by Alfred M. Gray • United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II by M.L. Shettle • United States Marine Corps Aviation Squadron Lineage, Insignia and History Volume 1 by Michael J. Crowler • U.S. Marine Corps Aviation - 1912 to Present by Peter Mersky • U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Unit Insignia 1941 - 1946 by Jeff Millstein • USMC: A Complete History by Jon T. Hoffman • US Marines In Vietnam 1965-1973 by Charles D. Melson • US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1965-1970 Vietnam by Oscar Gilbert • ''The Walking Dead: A Marine's Story of Vietnam'' by Charles W. Sasser/Craig Roberts • The War That Would Not End-US Marines In Vietnam by Charles D. Melson • Warlord - No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy - Ilario Pantano • Warrior Culture of the U.S. Marines by Marion F. Sturkey • Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah by Patrick K. O'Donnell • With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge ==Air Force==

• Aces and Aerial Victories-USAF In Southeast Asia 1965-1973 by R. Frank Futrell • Air War Hanoi by Robert F. Dorr • A Code To Keep by Ernie Brace • And Kill Migs by Lou Drendel • Bury Us Upside Down- The Misty Pilots And The Secret Battle For The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Rick Newman • Clashes-Air Combat Over North Vietnam 1965-1972 by Marshall L. Michel • Code Of Honor by Lt Col John A. Dramesi • Check Six- A Fighter Pilot Looks Back by Maj Gen F. C. Blesse • Convair F-102 Delta Dagger-A Photo Chronicle by Wayne Mutza • Development and Employment of Fixed-wing Gunships 1962-1972 by Frederick Shaw/Timothy Warnock • ''The Eleven Days of Christmas: America's Last Vietnam Battle (B-52's Maximum Effort)'' by Marshall L. Michael • First In, Last Out: Stories By The Wild Weasels In Vietnam by Edward T. Rock • F-4C, F-4D, & RF-4C Phantom II In Detail & Scale by Bert Kinzey • F-100 Super Sabre: In Action by Larry Davis • F-105 Thunderchief: Walk Around by Ken Neubeck • F-105 Thunderchief: In Action by Ken Neubeck • Hit My Smoke! Forward Air Controllers in Southeast Asia by Jan Churchill • Journey Into Darkness-The Story of a (F-104) Starfighter Pilot in Vietnam by Col Philip E. Smith/Peggy Herz • The Linebacker Raids-The Bombing of North Vietnam, 1972 by John T. Smith • Linebacker II - A Strategic and Tactical Case Study by Lt Col Leonard D. G. Teixeira • Lockheed F-104 Starfighter by Jim Upton • Lockheed F-104 Starfighter by Martin Bowman • Lockheed SR-71-The Secret Missions Exposed by Paul F. Crickmore • ''Lockheed's SR-71 "BlackBird" Family, A-12, F-12, D-21, SR-71'' by James C. Goodall • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird by Steve Pace • Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady by Dennis Jenkins • The Lovable One-Niner- A Complete History of the Cessna L-19 Bird Dog by Minard D. Thompson • McDonnell Douglas F-4 Gun Nosed Phantoms by Kris Hughes, Walter Dranem • ''Magic 100- An F-105 Fighter Pilot's 100 Combat Missions In Vietnam'' by Brig Gen Al Lenski • Martin B-57 Canberra- The Complete Record by Robert C. Mikesh • McDonnell F-101 Voodoo by Robert F. Dorr • 100 Missions North by Kenneth H. Bell • North American F-100 Super Sabre by Peter E. Davies • North American F-100 Supersabre by David A. Anderton • Once a Fighter Pilot by Brig Gen Jerry W. Cook • One Day Too Long-Top Secret Site 85 and the Bombing of North Vietnam by Timothy N. Castle • One Day in a Long War. May 10, 1972, Air War, North Vietnam by Jeffrey Ethell • Over The Beach-The Air War In Vietnam by Zalin Grant • Palace Cobra-A Fighter Pilot In The Vietnam Air War by Ed Rasimus • Pak Six-A Story of the War in the Skies of North Vietnam by Gene I. Basel • The Phantom Story by Anthony M. Thornborough and Peter E. Davies • The Rescue of BAT-21 by Darrel D. Whitcomb • Republic F-105 Thunderchief by David Anderton • Republic F-105 Thunderchief by Larry Davis/David Menard • Rolling Thunder by John T. Smith • Roll Call: Thud-A photographic Record of the F-105 Thunderchief by J. M. Campbell/M. Hill • SAC Tanker Operations in the Southeast Asia War by Charles K. Hopkins • SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends by Rich Graham • SR-71 Revealed: The Inside Story by Rich Graham • Thunderchief: The Right Stuff and How Fighter Pilots Get It by Don Henry • Thud Ridge- F-105 Thunderchief Missions Over Vietnam by Jack Broughton • USAF F-4 Phantom II MIG KILLERS 1965-1968 by Peter E. Davies • Walk Around: SR-71 Blackbird by James C. Goodall • When Thunder Rolled-An F-105 Pilot Over North Vietnam by Ed Rasimus • Wild Weasel- The SAM Suppression Story by Larry Davis • ''Wolfpack-Hunting MiG's Over North Vietnam'' by Jerry Scutts • ''War For The Hell Of It: A Fighter Pilot's View Of Vietnam'' by Ed Cobleigh • Yeager: An Autobiography by Brig Gen Chuck Yeager