Chickenhawk

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