Chickenhawk

ChickenhawkA true, bestselling story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma of the Vietnam War More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight from the shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason's

A true, bestselling story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma of the Vietnam War

More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason's astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat experience: the fear and belligerence, the quiet insights and raging madness, the lasting friendships and sudden death--the extreme emotions of a "chickenhawk" in constant danger.

"Very simply the best book so far about Vietnam." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 03/29/2005
ISBN: 9780143035718
Pages: 492
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 7.78h x 5.14w x 0.94d

Review Citations: Library Journal 06/15/2005 pg. 118
Ingram Advance 04/01/2005 pg. 43