November 24, 2024: Marc Leepson & The 2024 Book Guide
Looking for the best military and history books of 2024? Join us for this year’s 2024 Book Guide epidode!
Host Dale Throneberry is joined by Marc Leepson, arts editor and senior writer and columnist for The VVA Veteran, the national magazine published by the VVA.
Dale and Marc talk about the best military and history books of 2024, just in time for the holiday giving season!
Learn more about Marc here, and see his list of books available for purchase.
Missed the episode? Here’s the full list of books discussed!
- “The Vietnam War: A Military History” by Geoffrey Wawro
- “Drafted” by Rick Parker
- “The Heart That Fed” by Carl Sciacchitano
- “If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry” by Molly Stillman
- “Diplomats at War” by Charles Trueheart
- “The Women” by Kristin Hannah
- “Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam” by Lynda Van Devanter
- “Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse’s 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington D.C.” by Diane Carlson Evans
- “Found: A Veteran Story” by Jack McLean
- “Loon: A Marine Story” by Jack McLean
- “The Face of the Enemy: An American Asian’s War in Vietnam and at Home” by David Chung
- “In the Shadow of Vietnam: The Gallant Life of Fr. Phillip Salois” by Julian Ayotte, Paul Caranci, and Fr. Phillip Salois
- “Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War” by Joe Kent and Marty Kovlund Jr.
- “Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged” by Robert L. O’Connell
- “Jeep Show: A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge” by Robert B. O’Connor
- “Veterans Benefits for You: Get What You Deserve” by Dr. Paul Lawrence
- “Diary of a Young Man: 1968-1969: Coming of Age at a Cultural Crossroads” by Dan Dana
- “Always Faithful: The Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter” by Major Tom Schueman and Zainullah Zaki
- “I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II” by Howard Mansfield
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