Reddit reviews A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books)

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2 Reddit comments about A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam (Modern Library 100 Best Nonfiction Books):

u/PrimusPilus · 3 pointsr/books

If I had to choose one single book to recommend about Vietnam it would be Neil Sheehan's superb A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam

Also essential:

Bernard Fall's Street Without Joy
David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest
Daniel Ellsberg's Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers
Tim Weiner's Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA(not specifically about Vietnam, but goes into a great bit of detail regarding the CIA's involvement in south-east Asia. Illuminating.)
David W.P. Elliott's The Vietnamese War: Revolution and Social Change in the Mekong Delta, 1930-1975

Hope this helps!

u/schueaj · 2 pointsr/history

Duiker's Ho Chi Mihn gives pretty good insight into the North's stragegy and power structure. A Bright Shining Lie talks about why the South with all its apparent advantages lost the war.