Tree of Smoke | Related Titles / Adaptations

For a straight, general history of the Vietnam War, look to Stanley Karnow’s Vietnam: A History (1997). If you want a more personalized actual account, try Frederick Downs’ memoir The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War (1993). For a different take, Mark A. Ashwill’s Vietnam Today: A Guide to a Nation at the Crossroads (2004) will provide information about the reconstruction of this war-torn country and culture. Robert Peterson provides a very personal account—similar to how some of the characters are presented in Johnson’s novel—in his book Rites of...

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