Query: 1990s history books about Asia that are military books
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Phantom Blooper
Platoon: Bravo Company
The War Within (Wells book)
The Sorrow of War
The Spitting Image
Highways to a War
In the Lake of the Woods
Dr. America
Monkey Bridge
The Nightingale's Song
Without Remorse
Message from Nam
Only the Heart
Evidence from documents: The Phantom Blooper: 1990s history books about Asia: '''''The Phantom Blooper: A Novel of Vietnam''''' is a 1990 novel written by Gustav Hasford and the sequel to ''The Short-Timers'' (1979). It continues to follow James T. "Joker" Davis through his Vietnam odyssey.
that are military books: ==="The Winter Soldiers"===
Having been demoted from Sergeant to Private, Joker is still at the Khe Sanh base, which is about to be abandoned by American Marines after withstanding an extended siege by the North Vietnamese Army.
Platoon: Bravo Company: '''''Platoon: Bravo Company''''' (1998) is a Vietnam War memoir by Robert Hemphill (with foreword by Joe Galloway), who commanded B (Bravo) Company, 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry of the 25th Infantry Division (U.S. Army) in Vietnam from 1 October 1967 to 18 February 1968.
The War Within (Wells book): '''''The War Within: America's Battle over Vietnam''''' is a non-fiction book by Tom Wells that was published by University of California Press on April 13, 1994. This book discusses the influence of the anti-war movement had over American policy decisions affecting the Vietnam war, proposing that the movement had a significant impact on restricting, minimizing, or ending the war."
The Sorrow of War: '''''The Sorrow of War''''' ( is a 1990 novel by the Vietnamese writer Bảo Ninh. The novel was Ninh's graduation project at the Nguyen Du Writing School in Hanoi. It tells the story of a soldier who is collecting dead bodies after the war and then begins to think about his past. The novel won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. The novel was banned until 2006 by the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The Spitting Image: '''''The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of Vietnam''''' is a 1998 book by Vietnam veteran and sociology professor Jerry Lembcke. The book is an analysis of the widely believed narrative that American soldiers were spat upon and insulted by anti-war protesters upon returning home from the Vietnam War.
Highways to a War: ''Highways to a War'' also offers a vivid perspective on the course of the Second Indochina War.
In the Lake of the Woods: '''''In the Lake of the Woods''''' (1994) is a novel by the American author Tim O'Brien. Related to the Vietnam War, ''In the Lake of the Woods'' follows the struggle of John Wade to deal with a recently failed campaign for the United States Senate. After moving to Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota, John discovers one morning that his wife, Kathy, is missing. Through flashbacks to John's childhood, college years, and war experiences, as well as testimony and evidence from affected characters, the novel provides several hypotheses for Kathy's disappearance, without resolving the question.
Dr. America: providing a historical discussion of Thomas Anthony Dooley III, an American medical missionary who worked in Vietnam and Laos in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Monkey Bridge: 1990s history books: '''''Monkey Bridge''''', published in 1997, is the debut novel of Vietnamese American attorney and writer Lan Cao.
about Asia: In addition to ''Monkey Bridge'', Cao also co-authored ''Everything You Need to Know about Asian American History'' with Himilce Novas.
The Nightingale's Song: ''''The Nightingale's Song''''' is a 1995 book by ''Baltimore Sun'' journalist Robert Timberg. It relates the military and political careers of five graduates of the United States Naval Academy, most of whom served during the Vietnam War in either the United States Navy or United States Marine Corps: John McCain, Bud McFarlane, Oliver North, John Poindexter, and Jim Webb. Timberg himself was also a Naval Academy graduate and served in Vietnam with the Marine Corps, where he was badly wounded.
Without Remorse: 1993. Set during the Vietnam War,
Message from Nam: '''''Message From Nam''''' is a romantic novel, written by American Danielle Steel and published by Dell Publishing in October 1990.
Only the Heart: '''''Only The Heart''''' is a novel written by Brian Caswell and David Phu An Chiem about the Vietnamese boat people. It was first published in 1997. In contrast to Caswell's mainly futuristic style, such as his widely acclaimed Deucalion series, this book is written in the present-past style. The book is said to be based on David's life. The book is classified as young adult fiction and is one of the most successful books by the author.
The main character for this story is a boy named Toan. The book jumps from the past, when Toan is only six years old, to the present, when he is in his teens. The book is mainly written in first person, Toan's and his older cousin's, Linh's point of view.