Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening expose of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced, and interspersed with unforgettable accounts of combat, Moore's novel features an American major who goes "native" with Montagnard tribesmen, a courageous Vietnamese girl who poses as a rabid anti-American Communist to capture a murderous Viet Cong officer and the unforgettable acts of courage of soldiers in the field.
Reviews
"War at uncommonly close quarters." --"Time" magazine "Once in a lifetime you can read a book like this." --"American Legion" " War at uncommonly close quarters." -- "Time" magazine " Once in a lifetime you can read a book like this." -- "American Legion"
