To help distinguish the pros and cons of both written and oral history, you are required to read and review two books on the US involvement in Vietnam particularly one historical book and one biography, autobiography, or memoir.
In a 4-5-page essay you are to prove you read the books by giving a brief summary of each with examples and page citations. After your summary you will spend the majority of the paper contrasting how written and oral history texts conveys their ideas to the reader and the pros and cons of each.
For extra credit, include a fictional book on the War in Vietnam on top of the two others and explain how popular culture factors into the discussion. This would total three books on top of a written and oral history text.
Historical
Troubled Waters by Gregory A. Freeman
My Lai: A Brief History with Documents by James S Olson and Randy Roberts
Road to Disaster by Brian VanDeMark
The Sixties: Years of Hope Days of Rage by Todd Gitlin
The Great Rifle Controversy by Edward Ezell
Oral
A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
Into the Mouth of the Cat by Malcolm McConnell
Marine Sniper by Charles Henderson
Guns Up! By Johnnie M Clark
From Enemy to Friend by Bui Tin
Platoon Leader by James McDonough
Fiction (Optional)
Flight of the Intruder by Stephen Coonts
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Meyers
Message from Nam by Danielle Steele
The Iron Triangle by Douglas Edwards
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