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#4380582 - 09/21/17 06:32 AM Books from "other side" perspective?  
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Hi all,

I am looking for recommendations for books/ebooks ie memoirs/experiences from the "other side" perspective, particularly from Viet Cong or NVA perspective for the Vietnam War, and also particularly from modern fighter/bomber/helo pilots from Eastern Bloc/Russia/Iraq/Mujahadeen etc.

Can anyone recommend any? - they are hard to find...

I've read too many "I was a grunt" or I"I was a chopper pilot" in Vietnam (they are all good though, - not complaining, I like them) or I was a Fighter/Helo pilot in the Cold War/Gulf War/Afghanistan/Iraq and would like to read some perspectives/memoirs/experiences from the other side, rather than just Western.

Regards,

mdwa
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#4380595 - 09/21/17 11:17 AM Re: Books from "other side" perspective? [Re: mdwa]  
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I really enjoyed "Red Army" by Ralph Peters. It's not Vietnam, but 80s "Cold War gone hot".

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#4380614 - 09/21/17 01:55 PM Re: Books from "other side" perspective? [Re: mdwa]  
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I've read extensively regarding the Falklands Conflict from a British perspective, so Martin Middlebrook's 'Argentine Fight for the Falklands' was a real eye-opener.

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#4380679 - 09/21/17 09:15 PM Re: Books from "other side" perspective? [Re: mdwa]  
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Middlebrooks book for the Kindle is available from Amazon for only $0.99. You can;t beat that. I just picked it up.
#4380750 - 09/22/17 11:10 AM Re: Books from "other side" perspective? [Re: mdwa]  
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"Lost Victories" from Erich von Manstein is a great read.

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
#4381495 - 09/26/17 03:56 PM Re: Books from "other side" perspective? [Re: mdwa]  
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#4382321 - 10/01/17 12:48 AM Re: Books from "other side" perspective? [Re: mdwa]  
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Thanks guys - I'll check those out..

mdwa
#4398602 - 01/06/18 09:02 PM Re: Books from "other side" perspective? [Re: mdwa]  
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Two sides of hell was quite good from what I can remember, it was a long timer ago I read it
#4398855 - 01/08/18 03:47 PM Re: Books from "other side" perspective? [Re: goon]  
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Originally Posted by goon
I've read extensively regarding the Falklands Conflict from a British perspective, so Martin Middlebrook's 'Argentine Fight for the Falklands' was a real eye-opener.


Don't know if has English edition, but "Con Dios en el Alma y un Halcón en Corazón" (~"With God in the Soul and a Hawk in the Heart"), is good read - Argentinean pilots memories.

https://pt.scribd.com/document/2559...-en-el-Corazon-Comodoro-R-Pablo-Carballo

North Vietnam colonel memories.

https://www.amazon.com/Enemy-Friend-North-Vietnamese-Perspective/dp/155750881X

https://www.amazon.com/Vietcong-Mem...ncoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0394743091&

A Vietcong Memoir:


https://www.amazon.com/Novel-withou...mp;psc=1&refRID=V6MWTW5JQMW1T1F5JH6A

The Best Vietnam War Stories by Vietnamese Authors:

https://theculturetrip.com/asia/vietnam/articles/the-best-vietnam-war-stories-by-vietnamese-authors/

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