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A Novel of the Vietnam War
by Karl Marlantes
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Published Feb 2012
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by Chang-rae Lee
Published Mar 2011
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Published Sep 2008
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by David Maraniss
Published Oct 2004
Read ReviewsMoving between the campus at Madison and the jungles of Vietnam, with side trips to Hanoi and Washington, the tale unfolds with a magisterial sweep that recaptures the war and its era, filled with moral ambiguity and moral conviction.
by Hampton Sides
Published May 2002
Read ReviewsUtterly compelling and impressively detailed - dramatically recounts the story behind the Bataan Death March and the realities of survival in a Japanese prison camp. A true-to-life narrative as intelligently orchestrated and satisfying as the raid that ultimately liberated these men."
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