From The Eyewitness History of the Vietnam War by The Associated Press. Map by Alex Jay. Copyright © 1983 by The Associated Press, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Villard Books, a division of Random House.
Prose, Drama, and Poetry
The Green Berets: Copyright © 1965 by Robin Moore. Reprinted by permission of the author.
If I Die in a Combat Zone: Copyright © 1973 by Tim O’Brien. Used by permission of Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
Going After Cacciato: Copyright © 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 by Tim O’Brien. Used by permission of Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
One Very Hot Day: Copyright © 1967, renewed 1995 by David Halberstam. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Co. All rights reserved.
Obscenities: Copyright © 1972 by Michael Casey. Used by permission of the author.
Sticks and Bones: Copyright © 1969 by David Rabe. Used by permission of the author.
“Imagine” and “The Invasion of Grenada”: Copyright © W. D. Ehrhart. These poems appear in multiple publications of W. D. Ehrhart and are here reprinted by permission of the author.
“War Stories”: Copyright © Perry Oldham. Used by permission of the author.
“A poem ought to be a salt lick” and “The sun goes down”: Copyright © 1969 by D. C. Berry. Used by permission of the author.
“After Our War,” “In Celebration of Spring 1976,” and “Mr. Giai’s Poem” from Locusts at the Edge of Summer: Copyright © 1997 by John Balaban. Used by permission Copper Canyon Press, Post Office Box 271, Port Townsend, Wash. 98368.
Born on the Fourth of July: Copyright © 1976 by Ron Kovic. Used by permission of The McGraw-Hill Companies.
Fields of Fire: Copyright © 1978 by James H. Webb, Jr. Reprinted with the permission of Simon & Schuster.
A Rumor of War: Copyright © 1977 by Philip Caputo. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
Dispatches: Copyright © 1977 by Michael Herr. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Nam: Copyright © 1981 by Mark Baker. Reprinted by permission of William Morrow & Company, Inc.
Bloods: Copyright © 1984 by Wallace Terry. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
A Piece of My Heart: Copyright © 1985 by Keith Walker. Reprinted by permission of Presidio Press.
Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam: Copyright © 1985 by Bernard Edelman for the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission. Used by permission of the editor and W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Everything We Had: Copyright © 1981 by Albert Santoli and Vietnam Veterans of America. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
The 13th Valley: Copyright © 1982 by John M. Del Vecchio. Used by permission of the author.
Meditations in Green. Copyright © 1983 by Stephen Wright. Reprinted by permission of Melanie Jackson Agency, LLC.
Paco’s Story: Copyright © 1986 by Larry Heinemann. Reprinted by permission of Larry Heinemann.
365 Days: Copyright © 1971 by Ronald J. Glasser, M.D. Reprinted by permission of George Braziller, Inc.
The Killing Zone: Copyright © 1978 by Frederick Downs. Reprinted by permission of W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
Chickenhawk: Copyright © 1983 by Robert Mason. Used by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Books U.S.A., Inc.
The Only War We Had: Copyright © 1987 by Michael Lee Lanning. Reprinted by permission of Ballantine Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
The Things They Carried: Copyright © 1990 by Tim O’Brien. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Co/Seymour Lawrence. All rights reserved.
Love Medicine, New and Expanded Version: Copyright © 1984, 1993 by Louise Erdrich. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, Inc.
“Christmas,” “Patriot’s Day,” and “And what would you do, ma”: Copyright © Steve Hassett. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Surrounding Blues on the Way Down” and “Girl at the Chu Lai Laundry” originally appeared in The Monkey Wars (The University of Georgia Press, 1984). “Sailing to Bien Hoa,” “Him, on the Bicycle,” “Anna Grasa,” and “Monkey” originally appeared in A Romance (The University of Pittsburgh Press, 1979). “Winter Meditation, 1970” originally appeared in What Saves Us (Triquarterly Books, 1992): All copyright © Bruce Weigl. Used by the permission of the author.
Dien Cai Dau: Copyright © 1988 by Yusef Komunyakaa. Reprinted by permission of Wesleyan University Press and The University Press of New England.
In Country: Copyright © 1985 by Bobbie Ann Mason. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
“Incoming”: from Playing Basketball with the Viet Cong (Curbstone Press, 1994). Copyright © 1994 by Kevin Bowen. Used by permission of the author.
In the Lake of the Woods. Copyright © 1994 by Tim O’Brien. Reprinted by permission of Houghton Mifflin Co. All rights reserved.
The Names of the Dead: Copyright © 1996 by Stewart O’Nan. Used by permission of Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.
Songs
“The Ballad of the Green Berets,” © 1966, Barry Sadler and Robin Moore. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Eastaboga Music.
“I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag,” words and music by Joe McDonald, © 1965 Joe McDonald, © 1977 Alkatraz Corner Music, BMI. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
“Fortunate Son,” words and music by John C. Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival, © 1969 Jondora Music, courtesy of Fantasy, Inc.
“The Unknown Soldier,” written by The Doors, © 1968 Doors Music Co. (ASCAP) All rights reserved. Used by permission.
“What’s Going On,” by Renaldo Benson, Alfred Cleveland, and Marvin Gaye, © 1970 Jobete Music Co., Inc. All rights controlled and administered by EMI April Music Inc. (ASCAP) and EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) on behalf of Jobete Music Co., Inc. and Stone Agate Music (A division of Jobete Music Co., Inc.). All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.
“War,” by Norman J. Whitfield and Barrett Strong, © 1970 Jobete Music Co., Inc. All rights controlled and administered by EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (BMI) on behalf of Stone Agate Music (A division of Jobete Music Co., Inc.). All rights reserved. International copyright secured. Used by permission.
“Born in the U.S.A.,” by Bruce Springsteen, © 1984 Bruce Springsteen (ASCAP). All rights reserved. Used by permission of Jon Landau Management.
“The Big Parade,” words by Natalie Merchant, music by Jerome Augustyniak, Copyright © 1989 Christian Burial Music. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Photographs
Introduction: Malcome Browne/AP Wide World Photos
Chapter 1: From Where War Lives: A Photographic Journal of Vietnam by Dick Durrance. Copyright © 1989 by Dick Durrance. Reprinted by permission of Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, Inc.
Chapter 2: Magnum Photos, Inc. © 1995 P. J. Griffiths
Chapter 3: Magnum Photos, Inc. © 1963 Rene Burri
Chapter 4: Eddie Adams, AP/Wide World Photos
Chapter 5: © Bernie Boston, 1967
Chapter 6: Magnum Photos, Inc. © 1968 Don McCullin
Chapter 7: Larry Burrows, Life Magazine © Time, Inc.
Chapter 8: Nick Ut, AP/Wide World Photos
Chapter 9: Co Rentmeester, Life Magazine © Time, Inc.
Chapter 10: From Where War Lives: A Photographic Journal of Vietnam by Dick Durrance. Copyright © 1989 by Dick Durrance. Reprinted by permission of Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, Inc.
Chapter 11: Ray Mews, AP/Wide World Photos
Chapter 12: Ron Haeberle, Life Magazine © Time, Inc.
Chapter 13: Magnum Photos, Inc. © 1985 Peter Marlow
Appendices: Used by permission of UPI/Corbis-Bettmann