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Summary: A good read
Review: 'Chickenhawk back in the world',takes you on a journey over several decades of one mans life,Bob Mason, the author.To fully understand the subtle depth of the book,you must first read
'Chickenhawk'which leaves you wanting to know more,Mason dangles
the future ahead of him,Back in the world, shows you what it was like.Mason draws you into his very being,and you are able understand his reasons for good and bad decisions,which we all make,but he lays his for us to see.
An excellent book makes you think,you'll think after reading it.
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Summary: Chickenhawk: A review of Robert Mason's struggle in "Nam"
Review: An exciting story of a Vietnam pilots emotional recovery. Robert Mason doesn't hold anything back as he tells it the way it is. He takes you on a journey through "Nam": women problems, job problems, his never-ending drinking, the occasional pot smoking and smuggling, and, of course, all of his traveling. Mason also tells of his struggles trying to raise a family, while staying sane at the same time. This is a great book, however it starts out slow in the first few chapters. But, after a while you will find yourself glued to the pages!
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Summary: Still great after 15 years!
Review: I first bought and read Mason's book Chickenhawk in the mid-eighties. I recently got the urge to reread a number of 'Nam books, so I bought a new copy. Keeping in mind that the war in Vietnam was ever-changing, and that each time period made for a different environment, Mason gives a good account of the early period of the war. This is one of maybe the three or four best books written on the vietnam experience or, for that matter, combat flying. I recommend it highly.
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Summary: Chickenhawk
Review: I have read this book three times. I know what an extraordinary story this is and have tried to turn others on to it.
Bob Mason's transformation from eager pilot trainee to jaded combat veteran/burnout, while probably not anymore remarkable a story than any other pilot's is well written and that is what makes it great! After reading the book I felt as though I know Bob Mason. Not a bad thing.
When Mason describes the deck inside the chopper,covered in blood you can almost smell it.
Serious life and death stuff with some of the funniest stories of human screw ups wrapped up in a truly memorable account of one
helluva chopper pilots' experience in Vietnam.
It's like I say:" 'Chickenhawk' is the best damn war movie they never made!"
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Summary: Truely Moving
Review: This book was recommended to me by a veteran that flew with the First Air Cavalry. He commented, "This book described my life in Vietnam".The book is vivid in it's descriptions and extremely well written. I have read the book twice and both times have been moved by the ending. If you enjoy reading about flying, the Vietnam conflict, and people, this book is for you.
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Summary: excellent sequel
Review: unless you stumbled onto this book somehow, you probably picked it up because you had been through the "chickenhawk" experience with him in his first book by that name. this book is the perfect sequel to his vietnam story. mason's deeds in the war were heroic, and yet,he ends up struggling for his life even more as soon as he is "home". he is brutally honest about his own misdeeds--to his wife and son, his friends and associates, and to himself.you feel that you are trying to claw your way upward with him, as his life spirals downward.his salvation lies in his ability to tell his story, and you become part of it as you read this book
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Summary: excellent sequel
Review: unless you stumbled onto this book somehow, you probably picked it up because you had been through the "chickenhawk" experience with him in his first book by that name. this book is the perfect sequel to his vietnam story. mason's deeds in the war were heroic, and yet,he ends up struggling for his life even more as soon as he is "home". he is brutally honest about his own misdeeds--to his wife and son, his friends and associates, and to himself.you feel that you are trying to claw your way upward with him, as his life spirals downward.his salvation lies in his ability to tell his story, and you become part of it as you read this book
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Summary: Writes from the heart
Review: Walking through the bookstore and suddenly finding a sequel to Chickenhawk, I was estatic and couldn't wait to get home and start reading it. It is a great continuation of what was one of the best books on Vietnam I have read to date. It shows what life was like for one vietnam vet after the war. From failed businesses to drug smuggeling and a stint in federal prison, it was as much of a page turner as the first book was.
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