BOOK CHICKENHAWK (BOX48)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED

 CHICKENHAWK   (NOW WITH PHOTOS AND A NEW AFTERWORD)

AUTHOR: ROBERT MASON   

PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS

COPYRIGHT: ROBERT MASON 1983; AFTERWORD COPYRIGHT: ROBERT MASON 2005

***NEARLY A MILLION COPIES OF CHICKENHAWK HAVE BEEN SOLD SINCE IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1983.  NOW WITH A NEW AFTERWORD AND PHOTOS FROM THE AUTHOR, THIS STRAIGHT-FROM-SHOULDER ACCOUNT TELLS THE ELECTRIFYING TRUTH ABOUT THE HELICOPTER WAR IN VIETNAM, AND AN ASTOUNDING PERSONAL STORY OF MEN UNDER FIRE. ROBERT MASON, A VETERAN OF MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND COMBAT MISSIONS, 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.

LOS ANGELES TIMES:  "MASON'S GRIPPING MEMOIR...PROVES AGAIN THAT REALITY IS MORE INTERESTING AND OFTER MORE TERRIFYING THAN FICTION."

JOHN DEL VECCHIO, THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER:  "MORE THAN ANY OTHER WRITER, MASON HAS BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE THE FEELING OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE THERE."

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH:  "VERY SIMPLY THE BEST BOOK SO FAR ABOUT VIETNAM."

MARTIN CRUZ SMITH: "MAYBE VIETNAM IS BEST SEEN THROUGH A SHATTERED HELICOPTER WINDSHIELD. CHICKENHAWK IS ONE BLOODY, PAINFULLY HONEST, AND COURAGEOUS BOOK."