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.
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Review
Mason’s gripping memoir ... proves again that reality is more interesting, and often more terrifying, than fiction. -- Los Angeles Times
Very simply the best book so far out of Vietnam. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
[Chickenhawk]’s vertical plunge into the thickets of madness will stun readers. -- Time
About the Author
Robert Mason enlisted in the army in 1964 and flew more than 1,000 helicopter combat missions before being discharged in 1968.
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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.
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Review
Mason’s gripping memoir ... proves again that reality is more interesting, and often more terrifying, than fiction. -- Los Angeles Times
Very simply the best book so far out of Vietnam. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
[Chickenhawk]’s vertical plunge into the thickets of madness will stun readers. -- Time
About the Author
Robert Mason enlisted in the army in 1964 and flew more than 1,000 helicopter combat missions before being discharged in 1968.