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Summary: Present Day Military Thriller
Review: I loved this book and hope to find more books by Col Hackworth. The characters are wonderfully drawn, the story is fast paced and it made me laugh! Never a dull moment. Go for it.
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Summary: A very enjoyable story
Review: Hackworth spins a great tale combining SPECOPS, Beltway Politics and a little romance to boot. A very good story. This is my first Hackworth novel but it sure won't be my last!
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Summary: Good Fiction!
Review: I like Hack's style. He's a good story teller and his writing ability is top notch. You will find this work of fiction as compelling as Hack's non-fiction. Fans of the war novel will enjoy the action sequences and the characters. Hack is more genuine than Clancy and refreshingly different than Marcinko. (although I like both authors very much) I look forward to more from Hack and I recommend this one highly.
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Summary: Hackworth hits the target again.
Review: David Hackworth is not just another retired Army Colonel writing a book. His credentials in writing this novel are displayed on every page. I have read his previous books and just finished reading The Price of Honor immediately after reading Grisham's The Bretheren. Both were good books but Hackworth's was better. Once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. I liked everything about it including the brief entry and reference to real life personalities. It is truly a fast paced, action packed novel that has a ring of credibility on every page. I notice a previous review stated that the ending was not believable. I beg to differ, for a novel, in my opinion the ending was more believable than Grisham's The Bretheren (although I would give that book a high rating also). In this book Hackworth deals with the Vietnam War,the country's wars since that time, soldiers and officers and the military/industrial complex. The latter is particular noteworthy when considering the recent crash of the V-22 Osprey. Colonel Hackworth does a masterful job and I would recommend this book everyone I know.
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Summary: Cliche'd to Death
Review: I really like David Hackworth. I liked him when I worked for him in Vietnam and I like him now as a talking head. The truth is in him. Only trouble with this otherwise decent story is that he uses every overused cliche that every other writer has ever used. It gets old after the first two.
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Summary: ACTION PACKED, A PAGE TURNER
Review: For the military buff and lover of well-written literature, this is the best.
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Summary: SURPRIZE
Review: I honestly expected my hero, Col. Hackworth, to fail in the fiction category after doing so well in the non-fiction cat. Usually the cross over is bad. In this case I was amazed to find myself engrossed in one of the best novels that I have ever read. I was wishing it would never end at the same time as wishing I could get to the next page to see what would happen. The characters will always stay with me. He was especilly good at the male-female interaction that Tom Clancy has never mastered. Do it again, Hack!
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Summary: The Price of Honor is a MUST READ
Review: Every military officer who is stationed at the Pentagon or going to be stationed at the Pentagon must read this book. David Hackworth presents the reader with an exciting and sobering view of the weapons acquisition process "inside the Beltway." Hack is able to blend his considerable military experience, forged through three wars, with his incredible feats as a "front-line journalist" to give the reader a realistic view of how America fights its wars and the power struggles behind the weapon systems America uses. Hack takes the reader on a journey to the places he himself has been and allows the reader to feel the raw terror of being at a Special Forces Firebase being overrun by North Vietnamese; being on the ground, outgunned and out-generaled in Somalia; trying to figure out who is the worst of two evils in Bosnia; and fighting the funding battles inside the Pentagon. Hack is able to do this with incredible realism, because he has been to all those places and done all those things. Hack makes the reader part of the plot. He draws you in and makes you love and/or hate the principal characters. This is one of those books, you do not want to end. If you want to find out what life is like behind the scenes in the weapons systems acquisition business, read this book. If you want a snapshot of what Vietnam was like, read this book. If you want see what Somalia and Bosnia looked like during the latter part of the last Century, read this book. If you are a military officer, fighting the endless budgetary wars within the Pentagon, read this book.This book has it all...action, sex, politics and mystery. Well written and accurately presented. This is a good book. Read It. Sandy Mangold Colonel, USAF (Retired)
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Summary: No one tells it better Hack
Review: No one can tell a war story better then Col. Hackworth. I was unable to but his book "The Price of Honor" down once I started reading it. As an Army veteran who knows what Hack is talking about I could not wait to turn the page and see what would happen next. Hackworth has completely out done himself with the Price of Honor. It is a must read for anyone who believes in the warrior spirit.
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Summary: Roger That
Review: As a former Special Forces senior NCO and a fan of David Hackworth personally and his writings, I was intrigued about what he could do with fiction. Colonel, ya did good! Some say the ending is not believable. I say, so what? It is a work of fiction, after all. It isn't supposed to be believable. It is pure escapism and a darn good read. I really could not put the book down until I was finished in two days. Hack's characters were believable as were their actions of men molded in combat and bound together like brothers. Men who would back each other up no matter the cost. Hack's descriptions of the movers and shakers operating in our government today is more than plausable, given the snakes crawling around in D.C. these days. You have a winner, Colonel. A sequel, perhaps?
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