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A War Too Far

A Vietnam War Novel

By: David Lee Corley

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars 4

Performance

4 out of 5 stars 4

Story

4 out of 5 stars 4

The untold story of how the Vietnam War really began... “Fantastic read. Couldn’t put it down. The author really did his homework.” Amazon Reviewer, 5 stars A skilled and ruthless sniper kills to keep America free and his fellow soldiers safe. He is a breed apart. When the crosshairs of his rifle’s scope settle, a life ends. He doesn’t miss. Missing is for shavetails and greenhorns. He can survive for weeks in the harshest jungle. Silent and invisible, his prey never sees him coming and never hears the bullet that kills them. But this assignment is different - an unknowing chance ...

5 out of 5 stars

Shockingly well told . . . a tad confusing in that . . .

By Stephen K. Harris on 08-06-24

Matterhorn

A Novel of the Vietnam War

By: Karl Marlantes

Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot

Length: 21 hrs and 11 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 9,420

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 7,110

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars 7,107

Why we think it’s a great listen: A performance so poignant, we gave Bronson Pinchot (yes, Balki from Perfect Strangers) our inaugural Narrator of the Year award.... In the monsoon season of 1968-69 at a fire support base called Matterhorn, located in the remote mountains of Vietnam, a young and ambitious Marine lieutenant wants to command a company to further his civilian political ambitions. But two people stand in his way.

3 out of 5 stars

A First For Me . . . And The Last

By Glen on 05-24-10

The Killing Zone

My Life in the Vietnam War

By: Frederick Downs

Narrated by: Barry Press

Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 886

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 801

Story

5 out of 5 stars 792

Among the best books ever written about men in combat, The Killing Zone tells the story of the platoon of Delta One-six, capturing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that this war was worth the sacrifice. The book includes a new chapter on what happened to the platoon members when they came home.

5 out of 5 stars

It dont mean nuthin.

By Jack OBrien on 06-21-17

Word of Honor

By: Nelson DeMille

Narrated by: Scott Brick

Length: 28 hrs

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 2,513

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,816

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,816

He is a good man, a brilliant corporate executive, an honest, handsome family man admired by men and desired by women. But a lifetime ago Ben Tyson was a lieutenant in Vietnam.There the men under his command committed a murderous atrocity -- and together swore never to tell the world what they had done. Now the press, army justice, and the events he tried to forget have caught up with Ben Tyson.

5 out of 5 stars

This one's worth a credit!

By MIKE WILSON on 09-08-09

The Rising Tide

A Novel of World War II

By: Jeff Shaara

Narrated by: Paul Michael

Length: 22 hrs and 53 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,493

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,180

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,175

A modern master of the historical novel, Jeff Shaara has painted brilliant depictions of the Civil War, the Revolutionary War, and World War I. Now he embarks upon his most ambitious epic, a trilogy about the military conflict that defined the 20th century. The Rising Tide begins a staggering work of fiction bound to be a new generation's most poignant chronicle of World War II.

5 out of 5 stars

You Are There

By Michael Jones on 01-12-07

Cherries

A Vietnam War Novel

By: John Podlaski

Narrated by: Michael Sutherland

Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 88

Performance

4 out of 5 stars 75

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars 74

When a soldier leaves for war, those left behind often wonder what their loved ones are experiencing. Letters home are always cheerful and vague - no sense in worrying the family. Then upon returning home, these young soldiers do not want to talk about their experiences. Family and friends allege they are now distant, changed, and not the same person they remember from several months earlier. What causes this? Although the backdrop for this novel is the Vietnam War, "cherries" exist in every war.

1 out of 5 stars

The story is immature and very unrealistic.

By LARRY on 11-04-12

Recondo: LRRPs in the 101st Airborne

By: Larry Chambers

Narrated by: Brian Hallas

Length: 2 hrs and 7 mins

Abridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 174

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 143

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars 144

They will never be able to duplicate the 5th Special Forces Recondo School and the training that gave its grads something they desperately needed - the skills to survive Long Range Patrol missions in the jungle that NVA considered its own. Vietman veteran Larry Chambers vividly describes the grit and courage it took to pass the tough volunteer-only training program in Nha Trang and the harrowing graduation mission to scout out, locate, and out-guerrilla the NVA.

3 out of 5 stars

Abridged

By Rodney on 06-11-21

Oregon

By: Don Winslow

Narrated by: Ed Harris

Length: 1 hr and 6 mins

Original Recording

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,186

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,129

Story

4 out of 5 stars 1,128

It was 1970 in a defeated Rhode Island fishing town. Vietnam and Nixon dominated the national news. Both the near and distant future looked bleak. But they were five inseparable high school friends with something incredible in common: an unwavering resolve to look after each other no matter what hell life threw at them. And they were on a mission. The plan was simple: Go off the grid before they turned 18 to avoid the draft. They’d sell some grass, stack some cash, then head west and start a commune. What could possibly go wrong?

5 out of 5 stars

This really hit home.

By Ray Beaulieu on 05-26-24

Master Guns

By: Raymond Hunter Pyle

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 10 hrs and 22 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars 2

Performance

5 out of 5 stars 2

Story

5 out of 5 stars 2

Newly promoted Master Gunnery Sergeant Richard Rhodes returns to Vietnam after thirty days leave in Hong Kong and three months training in the states to take over as Operations Chief for the Third Recon Battalion in Dong Ha. Master Guns Rhodes was expecting a tour on the operation staff after an eighteen month extended tour in I-Corps with 3rd Battalion 4th Marines. He had served as Charlie Company Gunny as a Master Sergeant for most of eighteen months, and his nerves were nearly shot. Charlie Company Skipper, now a Major and S3 for 3rd Recon Battalion, had talked Rhodes into waving his ...

The Vietnam War

An Intimate History

By: Geoffrey C. Ward, Ken Burns

Narrated by: Fred Sanders, Ken Burns, Brian Corrigan

Length: 31 hrs and 15 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars 1,159

Performance

5 out of 5 stars 1,039

Story

5 out of 5 stars 1,034

More than 40 years after it ended, the Vietnam War continues to haunt our country. We still argue over why we were there, whether we could have won, and who was right and wrong in their response to the conflict. When the war divided the country, it created deep political fault lines that continue to divide us today. Now, continuing in the tradition of their critically acclaimed collaborations, the authors draw on dozens and dozens of interviews in America and Vietnam to give us the perspectives of people involved at all levels of the war.

3 out of 5 stars

The usual Vietnam info delivered in the old prose

By Kevin Warren on 10-26-17

We Stand Alone

A Vietnam War Novel

By: David Lee Corley

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 9 hrs and 30 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4 out of 5 stars 4

Performance

3 out of 5 stars 3

Story

4 out of 5 stars 3

“A historical novel that reads like a modern political thriller, full of exciting action, larger-than-life characters, and unforgettable events.” — Kirkus Reviews A Daring Plan. A Deadly Trap. The Siege at Dien Bien Phu. Hanoi 1953. An American fighter pilot, Tom Coyle, volunteers to fly for the French military during the Indochina War. “Just cargo and troops, no combat” that is the deal. Make some money and head back to the states before he and his friend, Earthquake McGoon, get their asses shot off. But things rarely go as planned… French commander Major Marcel Bigeard is the ...

1 out of 5 stars

Terrible AI Performance

By Tyler Hagan on 06-06-24

Soldiers of the Night

Vietnam War Novel

By: ALLAN TIDWELL BOOK ONE

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 4 hrs

Unabridged

Overall

0 out of 5 stars 0

Performance

0 out of 5 stars 0

Story

0 out of 5 stars 0

On the other side of the world lies a job he’s uniquely qualified to do. When he steps up to the challenge, will it lead to glory or death? Vietnam, 1965. Trey Tarina came to the battlefield seeking opportunity. Enlisting in the Army to escape his impoverished family, the native Hawaiian quickly finds his background as a hunter and tracker makes him the perfect fit for search-and-destroy missions. So when he and best friend join an LRRP unit, they can’t wait to get their hands dirty deep in dangerous territory. Excelling at moving through the jungle night without a trace, Trey helps ...

Vietnam

A New History

By: Christopher Goscha

Narrated by: Kirby Heyborne

Length: 23 hrs and 42 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 105

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 92

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars 91

In Vietnam, Christopher Goscha tells the full history of Vietnam, from antiquity to the present day. Generations of emperors, rebels, priests, and colonizers left complicated legacies in this remarkable country. Periods of Chinese, French, and Japanese rule reshaped and modernized Vietnam, but so too did the colonial enterprises of the Vietnamese themselves as they extended their influence southward from the Red River Delta.

4 out of 5 stars

Not bad, but not great.

By Kp on 08-06-18

The Green Berets

The Amazing Story of the U.S. Army's Elite Special Forces Unit

By: Robin Moore

Narrated by: Jim Frangione

Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 956

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 868

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars 866

Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening exposé of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced, and interspersed with unforgettable accounts of combat, Moore’s novel features an American major who goes "native" with Montagnard tribesmen, a courageous Vietnamese girl who poses as a rabid anti-American Communist to capture a murderous Viet Cong officer, and the unforgettable acts of courage of soldiers in the field.

5 out of 5 stars

Green Berets Nam and beyond

By Jawbone on 10-07-17

American Warrior

The True Story of a Legendary Ranger

By: Gary O'Neal, David Fisher - contributor

Narrated by: David de Vries

Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars 196

Performance

5 out of 5 stars 178

Story

5 out of 5 stars 178

Chief Warrant Officer Gary O'Neal is no ordinary soldier. For nearly 40 years, he has fought America's enemies, becoming one of the greatest Warriors this nation has ever known. Part Native American, O'Neal was trained in both military combat and the ways of his Native people, combining his commitment to freedom with his respect for the enemy, his technical fighting skills with his fierce warrior spirit.

1 out of 5 stars

I have to call bullshit

By joshua b. on 07-02-20

The Wednesday Wars

By: Gary D. Schmidt

Narrated by: Joel Johnstone

Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 746

Performance

5 out of 5 stars 637

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars 635

Meet Holling Hoodhood, a seventh-grader at Camillo Junior High who must spend Wednesday afternoons with his teacher, Mrs. Baker, while the rest of the class has religious instruction. Mrs. Baker doesn’t like Holling - he’s sure of it. Why else would she make him read the plays of William Shakespeare outside class? But everyone has bigger things to worry about, like Vietnam.

5 out of 5 stars

A Happy Book

By David Tousey on 11-01-20

Dead Center

A Marine Sniper's Two-Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War

By: Ed Kugler

Narrated by: Sean Pratt

Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,391

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,260

Story

4.5 out of 5 stars 1,255

Raw, straightforward, and powerful, Ed Kugler's account of his two years as a Marine scout-sniper in Vietnam vividly captures his experiences there - the good, the bad, and the ugly. After enlisting in the Marines at 17, then being wounded in Santo Domingo during the Dominican crisis, Kugler arrived in Vietnam in early 1966. As a new sniper with the 4th Marines, Kugler picked up bush skills while attached to 3d Force Recon Company, and then joined the grunts.

5 out of 5 stars

If not the best certainly tied for the best

By Rose Dawn Blanton on 08-04-15

Into The Mouth of The Cat: The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam

The riveting account of an Air Force pilot, prisoner of war and Medal of Honor Recipient

By: Malcolm McConnell, Julio Medina

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins

Unabridged

Overall

5 out of 5 stars 4

Performance

4 out of 5 stars 4

Story

5 out of 5 stars 4

Into The Mouth of The Cat: The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam tells the gripping true story of Lance Sijan. He was a United States Air Force captain in the Vietnam War. On November 9, 1967, Sijan was ejected from his F-4 Phantom II at high speed and a low altitude, causing him to suffer massive injuries to his entire body. During his violent ejection and very rough parachute landing on the karst ridge, Captain Lance Sijan suffered a fractured skull, a mangled right hand, with three of his fingers dislocated, and deep cuts and gashes in his forearms, a compound fracture of the left ...

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent

By Joe Zakrzewski on 07-24-24

The Rape of Nanking

By: Iris Chang

Narrated by: Anna Fields

Length: 8 hrs and 3 mins

Unabridged

Overall

4.5 out of 5 stars 4,429

Performance

4.5 out of 5 stars 3,804

Story

5 out of 5 stars 3,788

In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the story of this atrocity- one of the worst in world history- continues to be denied by the Japanese government.

5 out of 5 stars

Powerful

By Douglas on 09-05-09