Chickenhawk

By: Robert Mason

Published March 29th 2005 by Penguin Books (first published 1983)

Category: Biography

Pages: 512 pages

ISBN: 9780143035718

Description:
A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma of the Vietnam War
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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 MasonÕs 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 deathÑthe extreme emotions of a "chickenhawk" in constant danger.