One Very Hot Day
by David Halberstam | 
Meditations in Green
by Stephen Wright | 
Paco's Story
by Larry Heinemann |
The Sorrow of War
by Bao Ninh | 
One to Count Cadence
by James Crumley |
Fields of Fire
by James Webb |
No bugles, no drums
by Charles Durden | 
Matterhorn
by Karl Marlantes |
The 13th Valley
by John M. Del Vecchio | 
Close Quarters
by Larry Heinemann | 
Going After Cacciato
by Tim O'Brien | 
Lost Soldiers
by James Webb |
Sympathy for the Devil
by Kent Anderson | 
The Lotus Eaters
by Tatjana Soli | 
The Deep Green Sea
by Robert Olen Butler | 
The Lords of Discipline
by Pat Conroy | 
Things I'll Never forget
by James M. Dixon | 
The Yellow Birds
by Kevin Powers | 
Paths of Glory
by Humphrey Cobb | 
The Hunters
by James Salter |
This novel was the source text of Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket". It follows the career of the sardonic narrator from the organized sadism of Marine basic training to an assignment as a combat reporter in Vietnam to his experiences as a platoon commander after the Tet offensive, portraying the descent into barbarism that marked America's intervention in Vietnam.