List of United States military books

Books about the U.S. military or for members of the military.

General

 * Classified Secret-Controlling Air Strikes in the Clandestine War in Laos by Jan Churchill
 * Code Name Bright Light-US POW Rescue Efforts in the Vietnam War by George J. Veith
 * 10,000 Days Of Thunder- A History of the Vietnam War by Philip Caputo
 * Fast Movers-Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience by John Darrell Sherwood
 * In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by (Former Secretary of Defense) Robert S. McNamara
 * Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88 by Harold Wise
 * One Shot, One Kill- American Combat Snipers: WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Beirut by Charles W. Sasser/Craig Roberts
 * Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military by Oxford University Press
 * Pathfinder: First In, Last Out by Richard R. Burns
 * REQUIEM: By The Photographers Who Died In Vietnam and Indochina by Random House
 * The Secret War Against Hanoi-Kennedy's and Johnson's use of spies, Saboteurs, and covert warriors in North Vietnam by Richard H. Shultz Jr.
 * Stolen Valor: How The Vietnam Generation Was Robbed Of Its Heroes And Its History by B. G. Burkett and Glenna Whitley
 * Vietnam Firebases, 1965-1973 by Randy E. M. Foster
 * Vietnam Order of Battle by Shelby L. Stanton
 * Where We Were In Vietnam: A Comprehensive Guide To The Firebases, Military Installations, and Naval Vessels Of The Vietnam War, 1945-1975 by Michael P. Kelley

Army

 * A Bright Shining Lie by Neil Sheehan
 * Acceptable Loss-Fighting in Vietnam by Kregg P. Jorgenson
 * American Warrior: A Combat Memoir Of Vietnam by John "Doc" Bahansen Jr.
 * A Soldier Reports by GEN William C. Westmoreland
 * A Hundred Miles of Bad Road by D. W. Birdwell & K. W. Nolan
 * The Army and Vietnam by Andrew F. Krepinevich Jr.
 * Battle For Hue, Tet 1968 by Keith Nolan
 * Bell UH-1 Huey "Slicks" 1962-75 by Chris Bishop
 * Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden
 * Chickenhawk by Robert Mason
 * Death In The A-Shau Valley, L Company LRRP's Vietnam, 1969-1970 by Larry Chambers
 * Death Valley, Summer Offensive, August 1968 by K. W. Nolan
 * Dispatches by Michael Herr
 * Doc: Platoon Medic by Daniel E. Evans Jr.
 * Dustoff-The Memoir of an Army Aviator by Michael J. Novosel
 * Eyes Behind The Lines-L Company Rangers in Vietnam 1968 by Gary A. Linderer
 * Gunslingers In Action, Cobra-Vietnam by Lou Drendel
 * Hamburger Hill, The Brutal Battle For Dong Ap Bia, May 11–20, 1969 by Samuel Zaffiri
 * House To House-Playing The Enemy's Game, Saigon, May 1968 by Keith W. Nolan
 * If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'Brien
 * In Pharaoh's Army: Memoirs of the Lost War by Tobias Wolff
 * Into Laos, The Story of Lam Son 719/Dewey Canyon II, 1971 by Keith W. Nolan
 * The Killing Zone- My Life In The Vietnam War by Frederick Downs
 * Low Level Hell by Hugh Mills
 * Mounted Combat In Vietnam by GEN Donn A. Starry
 * Recondo: LRRP's In Vietnam by Larry Chambers
 * Ringed in Steel: Armored Cavalry, Vietnam 1967-1968 by Michael D. Mahler
 * RIPCORD(Firebase), Screaming Eagles Under Siege, Vietnam 1970 by K. W. Nolan
 * Rolling Thunder, In A Gentle Land by Andrew Wiest
 * Sappers in the Wire - The Life and Death of FIREBASE MARY ANN by Keith W. Nolan
 * Snake Pilot: Flying The Cobra Attack Helicopter In Vietnam by Randy R. Zahn
 * Six Silent Men- LRRP's In Vietnam by Kenn Miller
 * SOG: The Secret Wars of America's Commandos by John Plaster
 * Tanks in the Wire! - The First Use Of Enemy Armor In Vietnam by David B. Stockwell
 * The 13th Valley, by John M. DelVecchio
 * Tank Sergeant-1/69th Armor, Vietnam by Ralph Zumbro
 * They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967 by David Maraniss
 * Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Time by Lewis Sorley
 * To The Limit- An Air Cavalry Pilot In The Vietnam War by Tom A. Johnson
 * The Tunnels Of Cu Chi by Tom Mangold
 * Through The Valley, Vietnam, 1967-1968 by James F. Humphries
 * US Army AH-1 Cobra Units in Vietnam by Johnathon Bernstein
 * US Infantry, Vietnam by Jim Mesko
 * Vietnam Choppers, Helicopters In Battle 1950-1975 by Simon Dunstan
 * Vietnam Airmobile Warfare Tactics by Bruce B. G. Clarke
 * Westmoreland: A Biography of General William Westmoreland by Samuel Zaffiri
 * We Served In Silence by author Glenn K. Fannin Jr. A Vietnam war novel relating the activities of the Army Security Agency. Recently categorized as Unclassified by the NSA.
 * We Were Soldiers Once… And Young: Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam by LTG Harold G. Moore

Navy

 * A-6 Intruders In Vietnam by Jesse Randall
 * AD Skyraider-In Detail & Scale by Bert Kinzey
 * The Bluejacket's Manual by Thomas J. Cutler
 * Brown Water, Black Berets-Coastal and Riverine Warfare In Vietnam by Thomas J. Cutler LCDR USN
 * Confession To A Deaf God- Memoir Of A Mekong River Rat by Gary R. Blinn
 * Crusader! Last of the Gunfighters by Rear Admiral Paul T. Gillcrist
 * Douglas A-1 Skyraider-Warbird Tech V13-Revised by Larry Davis
 * Douglas A-1 Skyraider by Robert F. Dorr
 * Douglas A-4 Skyhawk by Peter Kilduff
 * F-8 Crusader In Detail & Scale by Bert Kinzey
 * F-8 Crusader Units of the Vietnam War by Peter Mersky
 * F-8 Crusader In Action by Jim Sullivan
 * First SEAL, by Lieutenant Commander Roy Boehm & Charles Sasser
 * Fox Two- The Story Of America's First Ace In Vietnam by R. Cunningham/Jeffrey Ethell
 * Gray Ghosts-US Navy and Marine Corps Phantoms by Peter E. Davies
 * In the Shadow of Greatness by USNA Class of 2002
 * Inside the Danger Zone: The U.S. Military in the Persian Gulf 1987-88 by Harold Wise
 * Launch The Intruders: A Naval Attack Squadron In The Vietnam War 1972 by Carol Reardon
 * McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk By Brad Elward
 * One Perfect Op: An Insider's Account of the Navy SEAL Special Warfare Teams, by Master Chief Dennis "Snake" Chalker & Kevin Dockery
 * On Yankee Station- The Naval Air War Over Vietnam by CDR John B. Nichols
 * Point Man, by Chief James "Patches" Watson & Kevin Dockery
 * The Real Team, By Commander Richard Marcinko & ten SEAL Team 6 veterans
 * Riverine- A Pictorial History of the Brown Water War In Vietnam by Jim Mesko
 * River Rats by Ralph Christopher
 * Rogue Warrior, by Commander Richard Marcinko & John Weisman
 * Stop and Search - A novel of small boat warfare off Vietnam (1969) by W. E. Butterworth
 * Swift Boat Down-The Real Story Of The Sinking Of PCF-19 by James Steffes, ENC Retired
 * The Vietnam Brown Water Navy 1965-1969 by Gordon L. Rottman
 * Topgun Days by Dave "Bio" Baranek
 * Tour of Duty- (Senator) John Kerry and the Vietnam War by Douglas Brinkley
 * Vietnam-The Naval Story by Frank Uhlig Jr.
 * US Navy F-4 Phantom II MIG KILLERS 1972-1973 by Brad Elward/Peter E. Davies
 * US Small Combatants-From PT Boats to the Brown Water Navy by Norman Friedman
 * War On The Rivers-A Swift Boat Sailor's Chronicle Of The Battle For The Mekong Delta by Weymouth D. Symmes

Marine Corps

 * A Sniper In The Arizona, 2/5th Marines in the Arizona Territory 1967 by John J. Culbertson
 * Ambush Valley: I Corps Vietnam 1967-A Marine Battalion's Battle For Survival by Eric Hammel
 * 13 Cent Killers: The 5th Marine Snipers in Vietnam by John Culbertson
 * Basrah, Baghdad, and Beyond: U.S. Marine Corps in the Second Iraq War by N.E. Reynolds
 * Battle Cry, by Leon Uris
 * Bloody Tarawa by Eric Hammel and John E. Lane
 * Boot by Daniel Da Cruz
 * Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic
 * Breakout by Martin Russ
 * The Bridge at Dong Ha by John Grider Miller
 * Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC by Jon T. Hoffman
 * Corps Business: The 30 Management Principles of the U.S. Marines by David H. Freedman
 * Dauntless Marine - Joseph Sailer Jr., Dive Bombing Ace of Guadalcanal by Alexander S. White
 * Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam - Joseph T. Ward
 * Devilbirds by John A. De Chant
 * Dog Company Six by Edwin Howard Simmons
 * Expendable Warriors: The Battle For Khe Sanh by Bruce B. G. Clarke
 * Fields of Fire by James Webb
 * First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps by Victor H.Krulak
 * Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley
 * Flying Leathernecks by Richard G. Hubler & John A. De Chant
 * Fortunate Son: The Autobiography of Lewis B. Puller, Jr. by Lewis Puller Jr.
 * Generation Kill by Evan Wright
 * Gray Ghosts - US Navy and Marine Corps Phantoms by Peter E. Davies
 * Guadalcanal - The Definitive Account of the Landmark battle by Richard B. Frank
 * Guidebook for Marines, by the staff of the Marine Corps Association
 * HOGs in the Shadows - Combat Stories from Marine Snipers in Iraq by Milo S. Afong
 * History of Marine Corps Aviation in World War II by Robert Sherrod
 * Hill 488 by Ray Hildreth/Charles W. Sassar
 * Hold High the Torch - A History of the 4th Marines by Kenneth W. Conduit & Edwin T. Turnbladh
 * "I'm Staying with My Boys..." The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC by Jim Proser
 * In the Shadow of Greatness by USNA Class of 2002
 * Images of America - Camp Pendleton by Thomas O'Hara
 * Iwo Jima - Portraits of a Battle by Eric Hammel
 * Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles by Anthony Swofford
 * The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty: United States Marine Corps, Khe Sanh 1968 by Ellen Emerson White
 * Making the Corps, by Thomas E. Ricks
 * Marine: A Guided Tour of a Marine Expeditionary Unit by Tom Clancy
 * Marine Fighting Squadron Nine (VF-9M) by Jess C. Barrow
 * Marine Rifleman: Forty-Three Years in the Corps by Wesley Fox
 * The Marine Officer's Guide by Kenneth W. Estes
 * Marine Sniper - 93 Confirmed Kills-Carlos Hathcock, Vietnam by Charles W. Henderson
 * Mongoose in the Sand by Ron Godby
 * No Bended Knee : The Battle for Guadalcanal by Merrill B. Twining, Neil G. Carey (Editor)
 * No True Glory: a Frontline Account of the Battle of Fallujah, by Bing West
 * One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer by Nathaniel C. Fick
 * Operation Buffalo: USMC Fight for the DMZ by Keith William Nolan
 * Operation Tuscaloosa-2/5th Marines at An Hon, 1967 by John J. Culbertson
 * Phase Line GREEN, The Battle For Hue, 1968 by Nicholas Warr
 * A Rumor Of War-Marines In Vietnam by Philip Caputo
 * Semper Fi in the Sky - The Marine Air Battles of World War II by Gerald Astor
 * Semper Fidelis - The History of the United States Marine Corps by Allan Millett
 * Semper Fi: Vietnam by Edward F. Murphy
 * Stay off the Skyline - The Sixth Marine Division on Okinawa by Laura Homan Lacey
 * The Highway War - A Marine Company Commander in Iraq by Seth Folsom
 * The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the 1st Marine Division by Ray L. Smith & Bing West
 * The U.S. Marine Corps Story by J. Robert Moskin
 * The U.S. Marine Corps: An Illustrated History by Merrill L. Bartlett
 * The Village by Bing West
 * Uncommon Men: The Sergeants Major of the Marine Corps by Alfred M. Gray
 * United States Marine Corps Air Stations of World War II by M.L. Shettle
 * United States Marine Corps Aviation Squadron Lineage, Insignia and History Volume 1 by Michael J. Crowler
 * U.S. Marine Corps Aviation - 1912 to Present by Peter Mersky
 * U.S. Marine Corps Aviation Unit Insignia 1941 - 1946 by Jeff Millstein
 * USMC: A Complete History by Jon T. Hoffman
 * US Marines In Vietnam 1965-1973 by Charles D. Melson
 * US Marine Corps Tank Crewman 1965-1970 Vietnam by Oscar Gilbert
 * The Walking Dead: A Marine's Story of Vietnam by Charles W. Sasser/Craig Roberts
 * The War That Would Not End-US Marines In Vietnam by Charles D. Melson
 * Warlord - No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy - Ilario Pantano
 * Warrior Culture of the U.S. Marines by Marion F. Sturkey
 * Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah by Patrick K. O'Donnell
 * With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge

Air Force

 * Aces and Aerial Victories-USAF In Southeast Asia 1965-1973 by R. Frank Futrell
 * Air War Hanoi by Robert F. Dorr
 * A Code To Keep by Ernie Brace
 * And Kill Migs by Lou Drendel
 * Bury Us Upside Down- The Misty Pilots And The Secret Battle For The Ho Chi Minh Trail by Rick Newman
 * Clashes-Air Combat Over North Vietnam 1965-1972 by Marshall L. Michel
 * Code Of Honor by Lt Col John A. Dramesi
 * Check Six- A Fighter Pilot Looks Back by Maj Gen F. C. Blesse
 * Convair F-102 Delta Dagger-A Photo Chronicle by Wayne Mutza
 * Development and Employment of Fixed-wing Gunships 1962-1972 by Frederick Shaw/Timothy Warnock
 * The Eleven Days of Christmas: America's Last Vietnam Battle (B-52's Maximum Effort) by Marshall L. Michael
 * First In, Last Out: Stories By The Wild Weasels In Vietnam by Edward T. Rock
 * F-4C, F-4D, & RF-4C Phantom II In Detail & Scale by Bert Kinzey
 * F-100 Super Sabre: In Action by Larry Davis
 * F-105 Thunderchief: Walk Around by Ken Neubeck
 * F-105 Thunderchief: In Action by Ken Neubeck
 * Hit My Smoke! Forward Air Controllers in Southeast Asia by Jan Churchill
 * Journey Into Darkness-The Story of a (F-104) Starfighter Pilot in Vietnam by Col Philip E. Smith/Peggy Herz
 * The Linebacker Raids-The Bombing of North Vietnam, 1972 by John T. Smith
 * Linebacker II - A Strategic and Tactical Case Study by Lt Col Leonard D. G. Teixeira
 * Lockheed F-104 Starfighter by Jim Upton
 * Lockheed F-104 Starfighter by Martin Bowman
 * Lockheed SR-71-The Secret Missions Exposed by Paul F. Crickmore
 * Lockheed's SR-71 "BlackBird" Family, A-12, F-12, D-21, SR-71 by James C. Goodall
 * Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird by Steve Pace
 * Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady by Dennis Jenkins
 * The Lovable One-Niner- A Complete History of the Cessna L-19 Bird Dog by Minard D. Thompson
 * McDonnell Douglas F-4 Gun Nosed Phantoms by Kris Hughes, Walter Dranem
 * Magic 100- An F-105 Fighter Pilot's 100 Combat Missions In Vietnam by Brig Gen Al Lenski
 * Martin B-57 Canberra- The Complete Record by Robert C. Mikesh
 * McDonnell F-101 Voodoo by Robert F. Dorr
 * 100 Missions North by Kenneth H. Bell
 * North American F-100 Super Sabre by Peter E. Davies
 * North American F-100 Supersabre by David A. Anderton
 * Once a Fighter Pilot by Brig Gen Jerry W. Cook
 * One Day Too Long-Top Secret Site 85 and the Bombing of North Vietnam by Timothy N. Castle
 * One Day in a Long War. May 10, 1972, Air War, North Vietnam by Jeffrey Ethell
 * Over The Beach-The Air War In Vietnam by Zalin Grant
 * Palace Cobra-A Fighter Pilot In The Vietnam Air War by Ed Rasimus
 * Pak Six-A Story of the War in the Skies of North Vietnam by Gene I. Basel
 * The Phantom Story by Anthony M. Thornborough and Peter E. Davies
 * The Rescue of BAT-21 by Darrel D. Whitcomb
 * Republic F-105 Thunderchief by David Anderton
 * Republic F-105 Thunderchief by Larry Davis/David Menard
 * Rolling Thunder by John T. Smith
 * Roll Call: Thud-A photographic Record of the F-105 Thunderchief by J. M. Campbell/M. Hill
 * SAC Tanker Operations in the Southeast Asia War by Charles K. Hopkins
 * SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends by Rich Graham
 * SR-71 Revealed: The Inside Story by Rich Graham
 * Thunderchief: The Right Stuff and How Fighter Pilots Get It by Don Henry
 * Thud Ridge- F-105 Thunderchief Missions Over Vietnam by Jack Broughton
 * USAF F-4 Phantom II MIG KILLERS 1965-1968 by Peter E. Davies
 * Walk Around: SR-71 Blackbird by James C. Goodall
 * When Thunder Rolled-An F-105 Pilot Over North Vietnam by Ed Rasimus
 * Wild Weasel- The SAM Suppression Story by Larry Davis
 * Wolfpack-Hunting MiG's Over North Vietnam by Jerry Scutts
 * War For The Hell Of It: A Fighter Pilot's View Of Vietnam by Ed Cobleigh
 * Yeager: An Autobiography by Brig Gen Chuck Yeager