Australia | United States | Viet Nam

Australia

Anderson, Pau. When the scorpion stings : the history of the 3rd Calvary Regiment, South Vietman, 1965-1972. Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin, 2002. MAIN DS919.7.A8 A54 2002

Australia's Vietnam War. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, c2002. MAIN DS558.6.A8 A97 2002

Coulthard-Clark, C.D. The RAAF in Vietnam : Australian air involvement in the Vietnam war, 1962-1975 St. Leonards, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin, in association with the Australian War Memorial, 1995. MAIN DS558.6.A8 C68 1995

Grey, Jeffrey. Up top : the Royal Australian Navy and Southeast Asian conflicts, 1955-1972 St. Leonards, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin in association with the Australian War Memorial, 1998. MAIN DU112.4 .G73 1998

McKay, Gary.Viet Nam shots : a photographic account of Australians at war. Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Allen & Unwin, 2002. MAIN DS558.6.A8 M353 2002

McNeill, Ian.

• On the offensive : the Australian Army in the Vietnam War, January 1967-June 1968 . Crows Nest, NSW : Allen & Unwin in Association with the Australian War Memorial, 2003. ON ORDER
• The team : Australian Army advisers in Vietnam 1962-1972. New York : Hippocrene Books, 1984. MAIN DS558.6.A8 M52 1984
  
• To Long Tan : the Australian army and the Vietnam War, 1950-1966 North Sydney : Allen & Unwin, 1993. MAIN DS558.6.A8 M53 1993
  

O'Keefe, Brendan G. Medicine at war : medical aspects of Australia's involvement in Southeast Asia, 1950-1972 ... with Agent Orange : the Australian aftermath. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia : Allen & Unwin in association with the Australian War Memorial, 1994. MAIN DS558.6.A8 O35 1994

O'Neill, Robert John. Vietnam task; the 5th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment, 1966/67. [Melbourne] Cassell Australia [1968] MAIN DS557.A64 A85

United States Armed Forces
Air Force | Army | Coast Guard | Dept. of Defense | Marine Corps | Navy

Air Force
Bibliographies | Documentary Collections | Manuscript Guides | Official Histories |

Bibliographies

Neufeld, Jacob. United States Air Force History: A Guide to Monographic Literature, 1943-1974. Washington: Office of Air Force History, 1977. REF UG 633 .N42

Miller, Samuel D. An Aerospace Bibliography. 2d ed. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1978. DOCS D301.62/2: Ae8

Documentary Collections

United States Air Force: Basic Documents on Roles and Missions. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1987. DOCS D301.82/6: D65

Manuscript Guides

Morse, Richard E. Personal Papers in the United States Air Force Historical Research Center. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: U.S. Air Force Historical Research Center, 1990. DOCS D 301.26/6: P19

Paszek, Lawrence J. United States Air Force History: A Guide to Documentary Sources. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1973. DOCSD301.6/5: H62

Official Histories

Aces and Aerial Victories: the United States Air Force in Southeast Asia, 1965-1973. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Office of Air Force History, 1976. DOCS D301.26/6: Ac3/965-73

Air Force Chaplains. Washington, D.C.: Office, Chief of Air Force Chaplains, 1961-1986. 4 vols. DOCS D301.2: C36/3

Buckingham, William A. Operation Ranch Hand: The United States Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1971. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1982. DOCS D301.2: R15/961-71

Fox, Roger B. Air Base Defense in the Republic of Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1979. DOCS D301.2: Ai 7/31/961-73

Futrell, Robert Frank. Ideas, Concepts, Doctrine: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force, 1907-1960. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air University Press, 1989. 2 vols. DOCS D301.26/6: Id2

Head, William P. War From Above The Clouds B-52 Operations during the Second Indochina War and the Effects of the Air War on Theory and Doctrine. Faichild Paper. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.: Air University Press, 2002. online pdf

Nalty, Bernard C.:

• Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1973. DOCS D301.2: K52
• Air war over South Vietnam, 1968-1975. Washington, D.C. : Air Force History and Museums Program, 2000. DOCS D 301.82/7:V 67

Office of Air Force History Series:

Ravenstein, Charles A. The Organization and Lineage of the United States Air Force. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1986. DOCS D301.96: Or3

Tilford, Earl H., Jr. Search and Rescue Operations of the United States Air Force and Herbicides in Southeast Asia, 1961-1975. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1980. DOCS D301.2: Se1/961-75

Tilford, Earl H., Jr. Setup: What the Air Force Did and Why. Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., 1991. DOCS D301.26: V67/3

United States Air Force in Southeast Asia . Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1977-:

USAF Southeast Asia Monograph Series. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1975-1979. DOCS D 301.86 This series provides preliminary views of various aspects of the conflict. Airmen who fought in Southeast Asia wrote these short studies.

Van Staaveren, Jacob. Gradual failure : the air war over North Vietnam, 1965-1966. Washington, D.C. : Air Force History and Museums Program, U.S. Air Force, 2002. DOCS D 301.82/7:V 67/2

Army
Biographical Sources | Bibliographies | Lineage/Unit Histories | Official Histories |

Biographical Sources

Bell, William Gardner. Secretaries of War and Secretaries of the Army: Portraits & Biographical Sketches. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1982. DOCSD114.2: Se2

Bell, William Gardner. Commanding Generals and Chiefs of Staff: Portraits & Biographical Sketches. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1983. DOCS D114.2: G28

Bibliographies

Controvich, James T. United States Army Unit Histories: A Reference and Bibliography. Manhattan, Kans..: Military Affairs/Aerospace Historian, 1983. MAIN Z 6725 .U5 C66 1983

Dornbusch, Charles E. Histories, Personal Narratives: United States Army; A Checklist. Cornwallville, N.Y.: Hope Farm Press, 1967. MAIN Z 1249 .M5 D6 1967

Lineage/Unit Histories

Army Lineage Series. Washington, D.C.: Center for Military History, 1969- . Provides chronological facts on the often-complicated histories of the Army's units. Each entry provides Heraldic Items, Lineage and Honors [i.e., chronological coverage of the unit's history], Campaign Participation Credit, Decorations, and a Bibliography (if applicable). Some volumes include a brief history of the branch and color plates of Heraldic Items. Volumes in this series are:

Pappas, George S. US Army Unit Histories. Carlisle Barracks, Pa.: U.S. Army Military History Institute, 1971-1978. DOCS D114.14: 4

Sawicki, James A. Cavalry Regiments of the US Army. Dumfries, Va.: Wyvern Pubs., 1985. MAIN UA 30 .S27 1985

Sawicki, James A. Field Artillery Battalions of the US Army. Dumfries, Va.: Centaur Pubs., 1985. MAIN UA 32 .S28 1977

Sawicki, James A. Infantry Regiments of the US Army. Dumfries, Va.: Wyvern Pubs., 1981. MAIN UA 28 .S28

Sawicki, James A. Tank Battalions of the US Army. Dumfries, Va.: Wyvern Pubs., 1981. MAIN UA 30 .S28 1983

Unit Citation and Campaign Participation Credit Register (1960-1978). Washington, D.C.: Dept. of the Army Headquarters, 1980- . DOCS D 101.22: 672-3

Official Histories

Albright, John. Seven firefights in Vietnam. Washington, Office of the Chief of Military History, U.S. Army; 1970. online html

Borch, Frederic L. Judge Advocates in Vietnam: Army Lawyers in Southeast Asia 1959-1975. Fort Leavenworth, Kans.: Combat Studies Institute, 2004. online pdf

Crane, Conrad C. Avoiding Vietnam: The U.S. Army's Response To Defeat In Southeast Asia. Carlisle, Pa.: Strategic Studies Institute, 2002. online pdf

Dorland, Peter. Dust Off: Army Aeromedical Evacuation in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1982. DOCS FICHE D 114.2: D 94

Doughty, Robert. A. The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-1976. Ft. Leavenworth, Kans.: Combat Studies Institute, US Army Command and General Staff College, 1979. DOCS D110.9: 1

Fisch, Arnold G. and Robert K. Wright. The Story of the Noncommissioned Officer Corps: The Backbone of the Army. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1989. DOCS D114.2: N73

Gilbert, James L. The most secret war : Army signals intelligence in Vietnam. Fort Belvoir, Va. : Military History Office, US Army Intelligence and Security Command ; Washington D.C. [2003]. DOCS D 101.2:SE 2/5

House, Jonathan M. Towards Combined Arms Warfare: A Survey of 20th Century Tactics, Doctrine, and Organization. Ft. Leavenworth, Kans.: Combat Studies Institute, US Army Command and General Staff College, 1984. DOCS D110.11: 2

Indochina Monographs. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1979-1982. DOCS FICHE D 114.19Series of monographs written by South Vietnamese, Laotian, and Cambodian senior officers.

Internal Medicine in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General and Center of Military History, United States Army, 1977-. DOCS D104.11/2:

Julia, Francis T. Army Staff Reorganization, 1903-1985. Washington, D.C.: Analysis Branch, U.S. Army Center of Military History, 1987. OVERSIZED UA 25 .J84 1987a

Reske, Charles F. MAC-V-SOG Command History, Annex B, 1971-1972: The Last Secret of the Vietnam War. Sharon Center, Ohio: Alpha Publications, 1990. MAIN DS 558.4 .R47 1990

Risch, Erna. Quartermaster Support of the Army: A History of the Corps. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1989. DOCS D114.2: Q2/3

Shrader, Charles R. Amicide: The Problem of Friendly Fire in Modern War.. Ft. Leavenworth, Kans.: Combat Studies Institute, US Army Command and General Staff College, 1982. DOCS D110.11: 1

The United States Army Chaplaincy. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Chief of Chaplains, 1977-1978. DOCS D101.2: C36/5

United States Army in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1983- . : Coverage is both thematic and chronological:

• Advice and support: the early years, 1941-1960 DOCS D 114.7/3:Ad 9/941-60 & MAIN DS556.8 .S67 1983
• Advice and suppor: the final years, 1965-1973 DOCS D114.7/3: Ad 9/965-73
• Combat operations : stemming the tide, May 1965 to October 1966 DOCS D 114.7/3:C 73/2
• Combat operations : taking the offensive, October 1966 to October 1967 DOCS D 114.7/3:OF 3
• Images of a lengthy war DOCS D 114.7/3:Im 1
• Military communications : a test for technology DOCS D 114.7/3:C 73
• Public affairs : the military and the media, 1962-1968 DOCS D 114.7/3:P 96
• Public affairs : the military and the media, 1968-1973 DOCS D 114.7/3:P 96/996
  

Vietnam Studies. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of the Army, 1972-1982. DOCS D101.74: This series of monographs constitutes a "forum whereby some of the more salient aspects" of the Army's experience could be made available; they are expected to be superseded by the Center for Military History's official series (United States Army in Vietnam). Arranged by combat arm and activity.

Coast Guard
Bibliographies | Official Histories |

Bibliographies

U.S. Superintendent of Documents. United States Coast Guard (Subject Bibliography; 263). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. DOCS GP3.22: 263

United States Coast Guard Annotated Bibliography. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Coast Guard, 1982. MAIN V 393 A12 U3 1982

Official Histories

Coast Guard History. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Coast Guard, 1982. DOCS TD5.2: H62/982

Tulich, Eugene N. The United States Coast Guard in South East Asia During the Vietnam Conflict. Washington, D.C.: Coast Guard, Public Affairs Division, 1975. DOCS TD5.29: V67

United States Coast Guard in South East Asia During the Vietnam Conflict. Washington, D.C.: Coast Guard Public Affairs Division, 1975. DOCS TD 5.29: V 67

 Dept. of Defense

Combat Area Casualties Database

History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam.

• History of the Indochina incident, 1940-1954. Wilmington, Del.: Michael Glazier, 1982- . MAIN DS 558.2 .H57 1982
• 1969-1970. Washington, DC : Office of Joint History, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff , 2002. DOCS D 5.2:H 62/969-70

History of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Vol. 5: The McNamara ascendancy. Washington, D.C. :; Historical Office, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2006. DOCS D 1.2: H 62/3/

Pentagon Papers:

A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam. McLean, Va.: BDM Corp., 1979-1981. FILM 23754

Records of U.S. Military Casualties, Missing in Action, and Prisoners of War from the Era of the Vietnam Conflict

The War in Vietnam: Classified Histories by the National Security Council. FILM 16569 (Guide: MICGUIDE DS 557.4.G85)

Marine Corps
Bibliographies | Dictionaries | Manuscript Guides | Official Histories |

Bibliographies

Coletta, Paolo Enrico. An Annotated Bibliography of U.S. Marine Corps History. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1986. MAIN Z 1361 .D4 C64 1986

Moran, John B. Creating a Legend: The Complete Record of Writing About the United States Marines. Chicago: Moran/Andrews, 1973. REF VE 23 .M63 1973

U.S. Superintendent of Documents. Marine Corps (Subject Bibliography; 237). Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. DOCS GP3.22: 237

Dictionaries

Gailey, Harry A. Historical dictionary of the United States Marine Corps. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1998. REF VE23 .G35 1998

Manuscript Guides

Frank, Bemis M. Marine Corps Oral History Collection Catalog. Washington, D.C.: History & Museums Division, HQMC, 1989. DOCS D 214.13: Or1/989

Wood, Charles Anthony. Marine Corps Personal Papers Collection Catalog. [Rev. Ed.] Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division, HQ USMC, 1980. DOCS D214.13: P19

Official Histories

Clifford, Kenneth J. Progress and Purpose: A Developmental History of the United States Marine Corps, 1900-1970. Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, 1973. DOCS D214.13: P94/900-70

Marine Corps Base and Training Center Series
Marine Corps Regimental Histories Series
Marine Corps Squadron Histories Series

Nickerson, Herman. Leadership lessons and remembrances from Vietnam. Washington, D. C. : History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1988.DOCS DS558.4 .N52 1988

Parker, William D. A Concise History of the United States Marine Corps, 1900-1970. Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps, 1970. DOCS D214.13: M34/775-969

Professional Knowledge Gained From Operational Experiences in Vietnam, 1965-1966. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Marine Corps, 1991. DOCS D 214.9/6: 12-40

Professional Knowledge Gained From Operational Experiences in Vietnam, 1967. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Marine Corps, 1991. DOCS D 214.9/6: 12-41

U.S. Marines in Vietnam. Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, -1997. DOCS D214.13 The bulk of this set consists of chronological coverage. Special volumes include an Anthology/Annotated Bibliography, Military Justice, and Chaplains.

Navy
Bibliographies | Biography | Chronologies | Dictionaries | Lists of Vessels | Manuscript Guides | Official Histories

Bibliographies

Coletta, Paolo Enrico. A Selected and Annotated Bibliography of American Naval History. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 1988. MAIN Z 1249 .N3 C64 1988

Harbeck, Charles Thomas. A Contribution to the Bibliography of the History of the United States Navy. N.Y.: B. Franklin, 1970. MAIN Z 6835 .U5 H2 1970

Kinnell, Susan K. American Maritime History: A Bibliography. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1986. REF VK 237 .U5 K5 1986

U.S. Navy Dept. Library. Selected and Annotated Bibliography on United States Naval History, Naval Biography, Naval Strategy and Tactics. Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division, 1972. DOCS D 207.11: H62/972

U.S. Superintendent of Documents. United States Naval History (Subject Bibliography; 236) Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1979. DOCS GP 3.22/2:236/3

Biography

Cogar, William B. Dictionary of Admirals of the U.S. Navy. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1989- . BIO V 62 .U64 1989

Chronologies

Sweetman, Jack. American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-Present. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1984. REF VA 58.4 .S94 1984

Dictionaries

Morris, James M. Historical dictionary of the United States Navy. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1998. REF V23 .M66 1998

Lists of Vessels

U.S. Dept. of the Navy. Naval Historical Center. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. 8v. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1959-1981. MAIN VA 61 .A53

Manuscript Guides

Allard, Dean C. U.S. Naval History Sources in the United States. Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division, 1979. DOCS D207.2: N22

Cherpak, Evelyn M. A Guide to Archives, Manuscripts, and Oral Histories in the Naval Historical Collection. Newport, R.I.: Naval War College, 1987. MAIN CD 3034 .N39 1987

Library of Congress. Naval Historical Foundation Manuscript Collection: A Catalog. Washington: Library of Congress, 1974. MAIN Z 6611 .H5 U54 1974

Official Histories

Bartholomew, C.A. Mud, Muscle, and Miracles: Marine Salvage in the United States Navy. Washington, D.C.: Dept. of the Navy, 1990. DOCS D211.2: Sa3/2

Hattendorf, John B., B. Mitchell Simpson III, and John R. Wadleigh. Sailors and Scholars: The Centennial History of the U.S. Naval War College. Newport, R.I.: Naval War College Press, [1984]. DOCS D201.2: Sa2

Hone, Thomas. Power and Change: The Administrative History of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 1946-1986. Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1989. DOCS D207.10: P87

Marolda, Edward J. By Sea, Air, and Land: An Illustrated History of the U.S. Navy and the War in Southeast Asia. Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1994. MAIN DS 558.7 .M36 1994

Operational Experience of Fast Battleships: World War II, Korea, Vietnam. 2nd ed. Washington, D.C.: Naval Historical Center, 1989.DOCS FICHE D 207.10/2: B 32/4

Tregaskis, Richard. Southeast Asia: Building the Bases: The History of Construction in Southeast Asia. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1975. DOCS D209.2: As4

U.S. Naval Institute Oral History Collection: Catalog of Transcripts. Annapolis, Md.: USNI, 1990. MAIN E 182 .Z9 1990

United States Navy and the Vietnam Conflict. Washington, D.C.: Naval History Division, 1976- . DOCS D207.10/3 Coverage is chronological.

Von Doenhoff, Richard A. Versatile Guardian: Research in Naval History. Washington, D.C.: Howard University Press, 1979. MAIN E 182 .N219 1974

Viet Nam Armed Forces

Emering, Edward J.:

• Orders, decorations, and badges of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub., c1997. MAIN UB435.V5 E46 1997
• Weapons & field gear of the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub. c1998. MAIN UF505.V5 E45 1998

Henderson, William Darryl. Why the Vietcong fought : a study of motivation and control in a modern army in combat Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, c1979. MAIN U742 .H46

Lanning, Michael Lee. Inside the VC and the NVA : the real story of North Vietnam's armed forces 1st ed. New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1992. MAIN DS558.5 .L36 1992

Lockhart, Greg. Nation in arms : the origins of the People's Army of Vietnam Sydney : Boston : Asian Studies Association of Australia in Association with Allen and Unwin, 1989. MAIN UA853.V48 L625 1989

Nguyên, Cao Ky. Buddha's child : my fight to save Vietnam. New York : St. Martin's Press, c2002. MAIN DS556.93.N512 A3 2002

Pike, Douglas Eugene. PAVN : People's Army of Vietnam Novato, CA : Presidio Press, c1986. MAIN UA853.V48 P55 1986

Victory in Vietnam : the official history of the people's army of Vietnam, 1954--1975 : the Military History Institute of Vietnam Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2002. MAIN DS558.5 .V47 2002

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