How to Tell a True War Story (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Beidler, Philip D., Re-Writing America: Vietnam Authors in Their Generation, University of Georgia Press, 1991.

  This is a book of criticism by one of the founders of the Vietnam War genre.

• Melling, Phillip, Vietnam in American Literature, Twayne, 1990.

  Melling gives an accessible overview of the field of Vietnam War literature.

• Schroeder, Eric James, Vietnam, We’ve All Been There: Interviews with American Writers, Praeger, 1992.

  Schroeder provides a collection of interviews with eleven important poets, Action writers, and playwrights of the Vietnam War.

• Young, Marilyn B., The Vietnam Wars: 1945-1990, HarperCollins, 1991.

  This essential history of the Vietnam War is considered one of the best by scholars and is useful for students of many ages.