The Vietnam War

The Vietnam War: Tim O’Brien’s If I Die in a Combat Zone Michael Hunt’s Lyndon Johnson’s War There are so many events in history that it is impossible to know them all. Despite that fact, there are many different sources on events that happened in history. Each source has their unique style of illustrating an event and depending on what works best for the readers; sometimes a combination of sources will …

…After going through comparing and contrasting how each book approach the Vietnam War, what each book tells us about the war, what each book did not address, and how does each book complement each other; I found If I Die in a Combat Zone is a better book representing the Vietnam War, because it vividly illustrates how wars are brutal and dehumanizing and also one can see how it affected American soldiers and their families.