My history classes never took me to any time period more recent than WWII. As the daughter of a Seabee who was in Vietnam before anyone was officially "there," I am ashamed of my complete lack of knowledge of this conflict.
I know you guys are very well informed and well read, so I am hoping I can get some recommendations of books that would get me up to speed. Two caveats:
- I'm not a dates-and-numbers person. I'm interested in personalities, idealogical conflicts, and events. So anything too dry and history-bookish is going to lose me.
- Given that my dad is a vet, even though I know very little about Vietnam the things I do know are extremely charged, emotionally. So anything that's not respectful to vets or is overly sympathetic to the people who spat on him and called him a baby killer (among other things) is going to get put down. Immediately.
Thanks in advance for the recommendations!
I know you guys are very well informed and well read, so I am hoping I can get some recommendations of books that would get me up to speed. Two caveats:
- I'm not a dates-and-numbers person. I'm interested in personalities, idealogical conflicts, and events. So anything too dry and history-bookish is going to lose me.
- Given that my dad is a vet, even though I know very little about Vietnam the things I do know are extremely charged, emotionally. So anything that's not respectful to vets or is overly sympathetic to the people who spat on him and called him a baby killer (among other things) is going to get put down. Immediately.
Thanks in advance for the recommendations!