Cw2

By Layne Heath

Book Overview

Written by the author of "Hunt for Red October", this is the story of Billy who earns the rank of Chief Warrant Officer during the Vietnam War and who actually falls in love with this killing war. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688052657
• ISBN13: 9780688052652
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 370 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Yep-It's Like That!!

Read First paragraph of Chapter 14. Every time I read that I can remember that thrill. Fearless,crazy, wild, stupid, brave,"prepared to do something fantastic"? Right... and More.

Very Serious Stuff

This is one of the most honest and enlightening stories I have read from the 'Nam era. It's also highly readable and enjoyable. If you read this book and do not want to scrape the money together to become rotary-winged qualified, then your hormonal glands must have atrophied. First-rate flying sequences mixed with brief and terrifying combat images make this a "can't put it down" book. Billy Roark is one of us, and during the course of reading this story we become like him. The author does an outstanding job of putting you into the skin of this young man who is learning aspects of life & death that most of us will never have to face. The ending is almost a foregone conclusion, and after reading this book for the third time I realize viscerally exactly how Billy Roark felt, and understand completely the course of action he took. It's scary how easy it is to empathize insanity. I believe this book is the single most over-looked and under-appreciated story in modern conflict fiction. I cannot recommend it too highly.