https://pithybooks.com/tags/vietnam-war/ Latest Pithy Books summaries tagged “vietnam war”. en Sat, 03 Oct 2026 18:34:44 GMT https://pithybooks.com/books/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous/ https://pithybooks.com/books/on-earth-were-briefly-gorgeous/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT A son writes to the mother who cannot read him: war, migration, first love, and loss in one Vietnamese American family in Hartford. https://pithybooks.com/books/the-things-they-carried/ https://pithybooks.com/books/the-things-they-carried/ Sat, 03 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Alpha Company humps through Vietnam carrying rifles, letters, and guilt. O'Brien's linked 1990 collection asks what a true war story really tells.