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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
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In the jungles of Indochina, Private Cacciato decides to lay down his rifle and embark on a quixotic walk to Paris, leaving in his wake a trail of M & M candies and a platoon intent on bringing him back to the war--and to reality. "To call Going After Cacciato a novel about war is like calling Moby-Dick a novel about whales." So wrote the New York Times of Tim O'Brien's now classic novel of Vietnam. Winner of the 1979 National Book Award, Going After...
82) The Deer Hunter
Pub. Date
2006
Description
Tracks a group of steelworker pals from a Pennsylvania blast furnace to the coal hunting grounds of the Alleghenies to the lethal cauldron of Vietnam. It is a drama of friendship and courage and of what happens to these qualities under stress.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
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Sam Hughes lives in Hopewell, Kentucky with her Uncle Emmett who is a Vietnam veteran. Sam's father was killed in Vietnam and, in an effort to understand about him and the war, she embarks on a pilgrimage with Emmett and her grandmother to the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, the "Wall", in Washington.
86) The Green Berets
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Pub. Date
[1968]
Description
They were crack troops skilled in the techniques of unconditional warfare, the soldiers of the Special Forces-- and the focus of Hollywood's first feature film about the Vietnam War.
88) Vietnam War
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 2
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The story of the war in Vietnam, told in text and pictures. Vietnam War complements the new look of the Eyewitness series by touring the major battles of the Vietnam conflict. Traces the history of the unpopular war that killed over 58,000 Americans, discussing the causes and effects, leaders, major battles, guerrilla warfare, aerial bombing, weaponry, peace negotiations, and lessons learned.
89) The Post
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
This historical drama is based on the events surrounding the release of the Pentagon Papers, documents which detailed the history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam. The story centers on Kay Graham, the first female newspaper publisher in the country (specifically of the Washington Post), as well as her tough editor, Ben Bradlee. The two become involved in an unprecedented power struggle between journalists and the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 3
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Photographs and text describe the fighting between the Americans and Vietcong in the jungles of southeast Asia, how television brought graphic war footage to American homes, and the peace protests that took place around the country.
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Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on both sides, as well as researching a multitude of American and Vietnamese documents and memoirs, to create an epic narrative of an epic struggle. -- Publisher.
92) Bitterroot
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Billy Bob Holland novels volume 3
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Texas attorney Billy Bob Holland heads to Montana to help his old friend Doc Voss battle a local mining company whose operations are devastating the community, unaware that one of his opponents is recent parolee Wyatt Dixon, a man with a deadly plan for Holland.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.6 - AR Pts: 42
Description
Here is the epic story of Vietnam and the sixties told through the events of a few tumultuous days in October 1967. With meticulous and captivating detail, They Marched Into Sunlight brings that catastrophic time back to life while examining questions about the meaning of dissent and the official manipulation of truth -- issues that are as relevant today as they were decades ago.
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
"Just outside the mesmerizing glint of the disco ball, the Seventies seem like a time of madness: war raged in Southeast Asia, America's president was crooked, Olympic athletes were slain, cult members drank poisoned punch, and the Son of Sam stalked the night. It was, in retrospect, a terrifying time only slightly ameliorated by the distractions of a decadent nightlife culture and over-the-top pop icons."--Container.
96) Uncommon valor
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A man tries to find his son, who is listed as "missing in action" in Laos, with the help of five of his son's Marine buddies.
98) The Vietnam War
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Unveils the horror and the politics of this controversial war, from the French withdrawal after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu to the fall of Saigon in 1975.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 4
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When twelve-year-old Jamie Dexter's brother joins the Army and is sent to Vietnam, Jamie is thrilled. SHe can't wait to get letters from the fornt lines describing the excitement of real-life combat: the sound of helicopters, the smell of gunpowder, the exhilaration of being right in the thick of it all.
100) Perfume river
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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Presents the story of a single North Florida family shaped and overshadowed by the Vietnam War and the estrangements between the fathers, sons, and brothers who supported or protested against it.