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Vietnam Prisoner of War books alphabetized by Author. Bold-faced names were POWs. Email links to the authors will be provided in the near future. Meanwhile, I recommend you go to the Nam-POW Email list to see if that author has an email address now. Click here Comments to: Paul Galanti, Webmaster
Although not a book specifically about prisoners of war, this first book shows how some bask in the perceived glory...
Burkett, B. G., "Stolen Valor." Dallas: Verity Press, 1998. 700 pages (Documents the many phony "heroes and "Wannabees" - the detritus of the Vietnam War).
Alvarez, Everett, Jr. and Anthony S. Pitch, "Chained Eagle." New York: Donald I. Fine, 1989.
Alvarez, Everett, Jr. and Samuel A. Schreiner, "Code of Conduct."
Anh, Van, "Capturing an American Pilot." Ed. David Charnoff and Doan Van Toai. New York: Random House, 1986. pp 130-134. (Capture of an American pilot from VC point of view).
Anton, Frank with Tommy Denton, "Why Didn't You Get Me Out?" Arlington, TX : Summit Publishing Group, 1997.
Bailey, Lawrence R., with Ron Martz, "Solitary Survivor: The First American POW in Southeast Asia." Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1995.
Barnes, Scott, "Bohica." (No further information)
Blakey, Scott, "Prisoner at War: The Survival of Commander Richard A. Stratton," Garden City, NY: Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1978.
Brace, Ernest C., "A Code to Keep," New York: St. Martin's Press,, 1988.
Bucher, CDR Loyd M. with Mark Rascovich, "Bucher: my story." USS Pueblo, North Korean capture on Jan 23, 1968. New York: Doubleday, 1970.
Certain, Robert, "Unchained Eagle: From Prisoner of War to Prisoner of Christ," Palm Springs, CA: ETC Publications, 2003
Cherry, Fred. Juvenile literature. Austin, TX: Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1993.
Chesley, Larry, "Seven Years in Hanoi; a POW tells his story." Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1973.
Clarke, Marjorie (Nelson), "Captive on the Ho Chi Minh Trail," Chicago: Moody Press , 1974.
Clinton, Susan, "Everett Alvarez, Jr.: a hero for our times." Chicago: Children's Press, 1990.
Coffee, Gerald, "Beyond Survival: building on the hard times," New York: Putnam, 1990.
Daley, James A., and Lee Bergman, "A Hero's Welcome: the conscience of Sergeant James Daley versus the United States Army." Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1975.
David, Heather, "Operation Rescue." New York: Pinnacle, 1975.
Day, George E., "Return With Honor," Mesa, AZ: Chaplin Fighter Museum Press, 1989. Excerpts appear as "Promises to Keep." Reader's Digest (December 1991), pp 107-111.
Dengler, Dieter, "Escape From Laos," San Rafael, CA: Presidio Press, 1979.
Denton, Jeremiah A. with Ed Brandt, "When Hell Was in Session," Washington, D.C.: Morley Books, 1997. Originally published: New York: Reader's Digest Press, 1976.
Doyle, Robert C., "Voices from Captivity." Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1994.
Doyle, Robert C., "A Prisoner's Duty: great escapes in U.S. Military History." (Covers escapes of
Dengler, Klusmann, Camacho, Wright, Rowe, Eckes, Fisher, Nelson, Roha) Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
Dramesi, John A., "Code of Honor," New York: W. W. Norton, 1975.
Dudman, Richard, "Forty Days with the Enemy." New York: Liveright, 1971.
Feinberg, Abraham L., "Hanoi Diary." Dan Mills, Ontario: Alger, 1968
Gaither, Ralph, as told to Steve Henry, "With God in a POW Camp." Nashville Broadman Press, 1973.
Gargus, John "The Son Tay Raid - American POWs in Vietnam Were Not Forgotten", Texas A&M University Press, 2007.
Garrett, Richard, "P.O.W.: the uncivil face of war." England: David and Charles Publishers, 1981.
Gostas, Theodore, "Prisoner." Western Publishing Co: Published by the author, no date.
Gragg, Rod, "Bobby Bagley, POW." Van Nuys, CA: Bible Voice, 1978.
Grant, Zalin, "Survivors: Vietnam P.O.W.s tell their stories." New York: W. W. Norton, 1975.
Groom, Winston and Duncan Spencer, "Conversations With the Enemy: the story of PFC Robert Garwood." New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1983.
Guarino, Larry, "A POW's Story: 2801 days in Hanoi." New York: Ivy Books, 1990.
Helsop, J. N. and D. H. Van Orden, "From the Shadows of Death." Salt Lake City: Desert, 1978
Hirsch, James S. Two Souls Indivisible: The Friendship That Saved Two POWs in Vietnam. Houghton Mifflin, 2004 (Story of Fred Cherry and Porter Halyburton)
Hubbell, John F., POW: a history of the American prisoner of war experience in Vietnam, 1964- 1973. New York: Reader's Digest Association, 1976. Condensed version, Readers Digest, June 1976.
Hubbard, Col. Edward L., "Escape From the Box: the wonder of human potential." Edited by Art Nicolet. West Chester, PA: Praxis, International, 1994.
Jensen, Jay R., "Six Years in Hell: a returned Vietnam POW views captivity, country, and the future."
Orcutt, CA: Publications of Worth, 1989. Originally published: Bountiful: Horizon Pub, 1974.
Jensen, Jay R., "Home with Honor: a POW tells how to conquer adversity through courage, honor and faith." Orcutt, CA: Publications of Worth, 1991. Original publication, "Six Years in Hell."
Jensen-Stevensen, Monica and Wm. Stevensen, "Kiss the Boys Goodbye," with material from Captain Eugene "Red" McDaniel, USN (Ret). New York: Penguin Books, 1991.
Johnson, Sam and Jan Winebrenner, "Captive Warrior: a Vietnam POW's story." College Station, TX: Texas A. & M University Press, 1992.
Jordan, Kenneth N., Sr., Heroes of Our Time. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Military/Aviation History, (POW William D. Port, posthumously awarded MOH).
Keating, Susan Katz, "Prisoners of Hope: exploiting the POW/MIA myth in America." New York: Random House, 1994.
Keirn, Richard `Pop,' "Old Glory is the Most Beautiful of All." Dorrance Publishing Co., 1996.
Lawrence, William P., "POW" Al Santoli, "Everything We Had." New York: Ballantine, 1981. pp 232-50.
McConnell, Malcolm, "Into the Mouth of the Cat: the story of Lance Sijan, hero of Vietnam." Bridgewater, NJ: Replica Books, 1997. Originally pub: New York: W.W. Norton, 1985.
McDaniel, Eugene B. with James L. Johnson, "Before Honor." Philadelphia: A.J. Holman Co., 1975.
McDaniel, Eugene B. , "Scars and Stripes: the Red McDaniel story." Dunn, NC: Published by friends of Red McDaniel, 1975.
McDaniel, Dorthy Howard, "After the Hero's Welcome: a POW wife's story of the battle against a new enemy." Chicago: Bonus Books, c1991.
McDaniel, Norman A., "Yet Another Voice." New York: Leisure, Hawthorne Books, 1975.
McGrath, John M., "Prisoner of War: six years in Hanoi." Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1975.
Miller, Carolyn Paine, "Captured.: a mother's true story of her family's imprisonment by the Viet Cong." Chappaqua, NY: Christian Herald Books, 1977. (Civilian missionaries with the Bru tribesmen from 1975 for eight months).
Mulligan, James A., "The Hanoi Commitment." Virginia Beach, VA: RIF Marketing, 1981.
Murphy, Edward F., "Medal of Honor Heroes." (Cavaiani, Cook, Day, Sijan, Stockdale, Thorsness)
Myers, Walter Dean, "A Place Called Heartbreak: a story of Vietnam." Describes the ordeal of Major
Nasmyth, Spike, "2355 Days: a POW's story." New York: Orion Books, 1991.
Nasmyth, Virginia, "Hanoi Release John Nasmyth: a family love story." Santa Paula, CA: V. Parr Co., 1984.
Neco, Modesto, "1650 Dias Cautivo del Vietcong," about Felix Neco-Quinones, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico 1981.
Norman, Geoffrey, "Bouncing Back: how a heroic band of POWs survived Vietnam." Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1990.
Plumb, Charlie as told to Glen DeWerff, "i'm no Hero." Independence, MO: Independence Press, 1973.
Plumb, Charlie, "The Last Domino." (No other information available)
Purcell, Ben and Anne, "Love and Duty." New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992. Random House, New York, 1973.
Ray, Michelle, "The Two Shores of Hell." New York: McKay, 1968. (French civilian)
Risner, Robinson, "The Passing of the Night: my seven years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese." New York: Random House, 1974, 1973.
Roberts, James C., "Missing in Action." Washington: Fund for Objective Reporting, Match, 1980.
Rochester, Stuart I. and Kiley, Frederick T. , Honor Bound: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973 (Hardcover), U.S. Naval Institute Press, Reprint 1998.
Rowan, Stephen, "They Wouldn't Let Us Die: the prisoners of war tell their story." Middle Village, NY: Jonathan David, 1973.
Rowe, James N., Five Years to Freedom." Boston: Little, Brown, 1971.
Rutledge, Howard and Phyllis with Mel and Lydia White, "In the Presence of Mine Enemies , 1965-1973; a prisoner of war." Old Tappan, NJ: Revell, 1973. Also, Boston: G.K. Hall, 1974.
Sauter, Mark and Jim Sanders, "The Men We Left Behind: Henry Kissinger, the politics of deceit and the tragic fate of POWs after the Vietnam War." Washington, DC: National Press Books, 1993.
Schemmer, Benjamin F., "The Raid." New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
Schwinn, Monika and Bernhard Diehl translated from German by Jan van Heurck, foreword by Benjamin H. Purcell, "We Came to Help." New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976.
Simpson, Howard R., "Tiger in the Barbed Wire: an American in Vietnam, 1952-1991." New York: Macmillan, 1992.
Smith, George Edward with an introduction and epilogue by Donald Duncan, "P.O.W.: two years with the Vietcong." Berkeley, CA: Ramparts Press, 1971.
Smith, Philip E. and Peggy Herz, "Journey Into Darkness." New York: Pocket, Simon & Schuster, 1992.
Stockdale, James B., "Courage Under Fire: testing Epictetus's doctrine in a laboratory of human behavior." Stanford, CA: Stanford University, Hoover Institution, 1993.
Stockdale, James B. and Sybil, "In Love and War: the story of a family's ordeal and sacrifice during the Vietnam years." Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, c1990. Also Harper & Row c1984.
Stockdale, James B., "A Vietnam Experience: ten years of reflection." Stanford, CA: Hoover Inst., 1984.
Terry, Wallace, "Bloods: an oral history of the Vietnam War by black veterans." New York: Ballantine, 1984. (Fred Cherry and Norman A. McDaniel)
Vietnam Veterans Against the War, "The Winter Soldier Investigation: an inquiry in American War Crimes." Boston: Beacon Press, 1972. (Testimony of S/SGT George Smith,
5th Special Forces, Chapter V, "Prisoners and Refugees, pp 122-35).
Wagaman, Winnie and Norman J. Brookens, "Civilian POW: terror and torture in South Vietnam." Hagerstown, MD: Warm Welcomes Designs & Publications, c1989.
Webb, Kate, "On the Other Side: 23 days with the Vietcong." New York: Quadrangle Books, 1972. (Australian Journalist in Cambodia).
Wolfkill, Grant with Jerry A. Rose, "Reported to be Alive." New York: Simon & Schuster, 1965.
Wyatt, Frederic A. and Barbara Wyatt, "We Came Home." Toluca Lake: P.O.W. Publications, 1977.
National Trade and popular magazines: (To be continued............)
Bibliography prepared by NAM-POWs, Inc., a fraternal organization for all POWs who served honorably as POWs during the Vietnam War. Judgment is not passed on the above books. Most are accurate presentations. Some, such as "Conversations With the Enemy," are slanted to present the author's bias or political slant. Controversial books have not been excluded from our list. The researcher will have to do his own homework and reach his own decision as to the merit of each book.
Capt. J.M. McGrath, USN (Ret), Secretary/Treasurer of NAM-POWs, Inc. January 24, 1998
Contact: Captain J. M. McGrath, USN (Ret.) for corrections or additions.
List of Many Books about Vietnam. Nam-POWs won't agree with all of them!
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A Armbrister, Trevor. A Matter of Accountability. New York: Coward-McCann, Inc., 1970.
C Brandt, Ed. The Last Voyage of the USS Pueblo. New York. W. W. Norton & Co., 1969.
A Bucher, Commander Lloyd M. with Mark Rascovich. Bucher: My Story. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1970.
C Harris, Lieutenant Commander Stephen R., as told to James C. Hefley. My Anchor Held.Old Tappan, N.J.: Fleming H. Revell Co., 1970.
D Murphy, Former Lieutenant Edward R., Jr., with Curt Gentry. Second in Command. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1971.
A Shumacher, F. Carl, Jr., and George C. Wilson. Bridge of No Return. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1971.
F Liston, Robert A. The Pueblo Surrender. New York: M. Evans & Co., 1988.
These books indicate the role of the KGB in orchestrating the capture of the USS Pueblo (based on this information, CBS went to Moscow and interviewed Uri Andropov's number two man concerning this, I have a copy of the transcript and copies of two conversations with "rent a Russian' defectors.)
Corson, William R. and Crowley, Robert T. The New KGB, Engine of Soviet Power. New York: William Morrow and Co., 1985
Books about the Walker spy ring and how it was instrumental in the capture of the USS Pueblo Baron, John. Breaking the Ring. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1987
Blum, Howard. I Pledge Allegiance...The True Story of the Walkers: An American Spy Family. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1987
This book documents how the lack of will by the US government to protect the USS Liberty encouraged the KGB to capture the USS Pueblo with the aid of its client state, the DPRK
Ennes Jr., James M. Assualt on the Liberty. New York. Random House, 1979.
This book documents in tedious detail America's abandonment of POWs to the Soviet system since WW I.
Brown, John M. G. Moscow Bound Policy, Politics and the POW/MIA Dilemma. Eureka, CA. Veterans Press, 1993.