Chickenhawk

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A true story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma of the Vietnam War 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 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. New Read [ Chickenhawk ] By [ Robert Mason ] – kino-fada.fr Add this one to my long list of books about the American War in Vietnam I am the right age to have been drafted for that war, but was not due to a variety of deferments and a high lottery number The short story is that I was considering fleeing to Canada if I was drafted but never had to make that momentous decision...One of the most iconic sounds that people relate to the Vietnam War is the womp, woosh of American Huey helicopters Whether watching a film like Apocalypse Now or reading a book on the war those sounds will reverberate in the reader s mind During the war about 12,000 helicopters were deployed by the United States military Of that number 7,013 were Hueys, al...Chickenhawk I had to raise my rating on this reread to 5 Stars This is the story of a helicopter pilot and his experiences from training to combat in Vietnam He has a great eye for the successes and failures of the new air assault tactics as they are developed and employed The heart pounding trips into hot LZ s come through clearly He was involved in the Ia Drang Valley battle so vividly described in the book and movie of We Were Soldiers Onceand Young Ia Drang the Battle That Changed Chickenhawk I had to raise my rating on this reread to 5 Stars This is the story of a helicopter pilot and his experiences from training to combat in Vietnam He has a great eye for the successes and failures of the new air assault tactics as they are developed and employed The heart poundi...What a terrific book So muchthan I expected More than a memoir,than a war book It feels like a window back through time to the jungles of Southern Vietnam where we find a war that is hard to understand and even harder to justify While I found myself disliking Robert Mason, his book and his brutal honesty is hard not to respect He could have shaved much detail from this book and still had a hit on his hands, but he gave everything he had to Chickenhawk and it became a special pie What a terrific book So muchthan I expected More than a memoir,than a war book It feels like a window back through time to the jungles of Southern Vietnam where we find a war that is hard to understand and even harder to justify While I found myself disliking Robert Mason, his book and his brutal honesty is hard not to respect He could have shaved much detail from this book and still had a h...I first read this book years ago, and it is without a doubt one of the best war memoirs on my shelf and one to which I regularly return as I just did for the third time, to read during a lengthy trip abroad The book recounts the training and duty tour of Robert Mason, a helicopter pilot who served in the air cav during the height of the Vietnam conflict Many consider it the best book written by a Vietnam vet and I would be inclined to agree the only close contender would be the sniper memoi I first read this book years ago, and it is without a doubt one of the best war memoirs on my shelf and one to which I regularly return as I just did for the third time, to read during a lengthy trip abroad The book recounts the training and duty tour of Robert Mason, a helicopter pilot who served in the air cav during the height of the Vietnam conflict Many consider it the best book written by a Vietnam vet and I would be inclined to agree the only close contender would be the sniper memoirs of Carlos Hathcock, p...A great, great memoir of a vietnam huey pilot mason really puts you right in the action with amazing detail, personal emotional and physical experiences and some humor thrown in for good reading I keep wavering between a 4 and 5 star read I still may change it I thought his writing was brilliant as it really put you in the jungles of vietnam, provided experiences on so many levels emotional, physical, and personal to him and even in glimpses of the vietnamese people really a powerful re A great, great memoir of a vietnam huey pilot mason really puts you right in the action with amazing detail, personal emotional and physical experiences and some humor thrown in for good reading I keep wavering between a 4 and 5 star read I still may change it I thought his writing was brilliant as it really put you in the jungles of vietnam, provided experiences on so many levels emotional, physical, and personal to him and even in glimpses of the vietnamese people really a powerful read My struggle between a 4 star and a 5 star is the technical aspect of the flying of helicopters Initially it went over my head and I kind of skimmed through it But as his experience as a pilot grew, I grew with him at least in my imagination and could followof the descriptions and images of the technical flying scenes with greater detail, thanks to mason and his writing style So, I guess I ll call it a 4.5 s...A precise chronological depiction of life as a helicopter pilot leading up to and during the Vietnam war I ll remember passages of extreme violence and gore, and how common these eventually become Sporadic action but constant fear, and hilarious dark military humor, from kids who had no business being there and only started to understand much later I found it unfortunately a bit repetitive stand by, pick up grunts, repeat Maybe that was the point A year of flying into hot landing zones mus A precise chronological depiction of life as a helicopter pilot leading up to and during the Vietnam war I ll remember passages of extreme violence and gore, and how common these eventually become Sporadic action but constant fear, and hilarious dark military humor, from kids who had no business being there and only started to understand much later I found it unfortunately a bit repetitive stand by, pick up grunts, repeat Maybe that was the point A year of flyi...Chickenhawk is widely touted as one of the best accounts of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a soldier serving there And for good reason Mason s narrative is well written, engaging, and often gripping, having the feel of an authentic account given its matter of fact, conversational, and unpretentious style that details both highs and lows, often portraying Mason in a poor or ambivalent light He captures in detail the everyday training, missions, conversations, action, frivolity and mun Chickenhawk is widely touted as one of the best accounts of the Vietnam War from the perspective of a soldier serving there And for good reason Mason s narrative is well written, engaging, and often gripping, having the feel of an authentic account given its matter of fact, conversational, and unpretentious style that details both highs and lows, often portraying Mason in a poor or ambivalent light He captures in detail the everyday training, ...If you are interested in history, war or aviation, this book is a must I am a pilot so I understand many of the details being told and the logistics and complexity of what they were doing in their helicopters Mr Mason does an amazing job of covering the hardships they faced and the progression to get where you need to be to survive I now have a new appreciation for the men and woman who served in Nam, and am embarrassed for the way they were treated when they came back home I will never l If you are interested in history, war or aviation, this book is a must I am a pilot so I understand many of the details being told and the logistics and complexity of what they were doing in their helicopters Mr Mason do...Perhaps the best book about service in Vietnam,so many of the books about Vietnam are literary frauds,but this one rings true from start to finish.

Chickenhawk
  • English
  • 08 February 2018
  • Paperback
  • 512 pages
  • 0143035711
  • Robert Mason
  • Chickenhawk