These books listed below are recommended for historical reference.

The Vietnam War was a very complex and political war.
There are a lot of myths and falsehoods about the United States involvement in Southeast Asia.
If you are interested in the truth and the facts about the Vietnam War then you must gather the facts before you make any assumptions.
The books below are a partial list that will help you. It is important to understand what brought us into the war, who were the combatants, and the overall political arena.

I will update this site on a regular basis, so check back often.

This site last updated May 1, 2002

Primer of the Helicopter War by Charles Holley & Mike Sloniker

From the publisher:

Unlike other history books written about the Vietnam War, this book was written with
helicopters and their crews as the main focus . . . and, it was written by helicopter pilots.
Charles Holley flew scout helicopters in Vietnam and is the author of the
highly acclaimed Bantam War Series book, Aero scouts. Mike Sloniker flew slicks and is
widely-known as a Vietnam War historian. Together they have put together a
highly-informative book, filled with first person accounts and photographs, that has no
equal. The chapters in the book follow the events of the Vietnam war chronologically, and
include the roles played by helicopters in each of the major battles. If you crewed a
helicopter in Vietnam, this book is a must have!

Glenna Whitley,J.G. Burkett's book, "Stolen Valor" ISBN: 096670360X

Hard-cover - 692 pages 495 edition (August 1998) Verity Press Publication

Stolen Valor, an important new book that exposes this imagery as a poisonous lie.
The authors have gathered definitive statistics to show that Vietnam veterans are 
actually more successful and well adjusted than other Americans of 
comparable age -- with lower rates of addiction, alcoholism, 
unemployment or homelessness than the national average. There is no 
substance whatever to the endlessly repeated canard that more former 
servicemen killed themselves after the war than ever died in Southeast 
Asian combat: suicide rates are no different for Vietnam vets than for 
corresponding non-veterans. This is book a MUST read.

RED BIRD DOWN: Written by Bruce Carlson.

RED BIRD PUBLICATIONS P. O. Box 572 Lexington, NE 68850
This book is about a scout pilot's story and an insight to flying in Vietnam.

Air mobility in Vietnam: Helicopter Warfare in Southeast Asia. LTG John Tolson. 1981. Arno Press.

Anatomy of a Division: The First Cavalry in Vietnam. Shelby L. Stanton. ISBN: 0-89141-259-X.

Why Didn’t You Get Me Out? Betrayal in the Viet Cong Death Camps; The Truth About Hero's, Traitors, and those Left Behind. Frank Anton with Tommy Denton. 1997. The Summit Publishing Group, Arlington, Texas. 196 pp. ISBN: 1-56530-251-6.

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. 1995. Turner Publications. ISBN: 1563111438.

"Vietnam at War, The History 1946-1975" by Phillip B. Davidson, Oxford Press, ISBN 0-19-506793-4 (paperback)

"Anatomy of a War" by Gabriel Kolko, The New Press, ISBN 1-56584-218--9 (paperback)

"Inside the VC and the NVA" by Michael Lee Lanning and Dan Cragg, Ivy Books, ISBN 0-8041-0500-6 (paperback)

Frances Fitzgerald's "Fire in the Lake", Atlantic, Little, Brown, Library of Congress No-72-186966

The Blood Road, The Ho Chi Minh Trail and the Vietnam War by John Prados, published by John Wiley & Sons, INC. 1999, ISBN 0-471-25465-7
The above book cross references a lot of data that is in the following books below. I highly recommend that you read them.

SOG by John Plaster

Secret Army Secret War by Sedgwick Tourison

Inside Hanoi's Secret Archives by Malcolm McConnell

Secrets of the Viet Cong by J.W. McCoy

Victory At Any Cost by Currey...about General Giap and his decisions

Code Name Bright Light by Vieth

The Hidden History of the Vietnam War by John Prados

The Rescue of Bat 21 by Darrel Whitcomb

The Price of Exit by Tom Marshall

Into Laos by Keith William Nolan