{"product_id":"chickenhawk","title":"Chickenhawk","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I read this as a young pilot about to embark on a career flying military helicopters. It should have put me off for life. Robert Mason tells a gripping account of the relentless courage and heroism amidst the insanity of the Vietnam war. The final few pages are the most shocking I have read in any book.' Tim Peake\u003cbr\u003e ________\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eA stunning book about the right stuff in the wrong war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As a child, \u003cb\u003eRobert Mason\u003c\/b\u003e dreamed of levitating.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As a young man, he dreamed of flying helicopters - and the U.S. Army gave him his chance.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e They sent him to \u003cb\u003eVietnam\u003c\/b\u003e where, between \u003cb\u003eAugust 1965\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eJuly 1966\u003c\/b\u003e, he flew more than 1,000 assault missions. In Chickenhawk, Robert Mason gives us a devastating bird's eye-view of that war in all its horror.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e He experiences the accelerating terror, the increasingly desperate courage of a man 'acting out the role of a hero long after he realises that the conduct of the war is insane,' says the New York Times.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'And we can't stop ourselves from identifying with it.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eCHICKENHAWK contains the most vivid, astoundingly intense descriptions of flying ever written. It is a devastating account of men at war, of courage and cowardice, boredom and exhilaration, lasting friendship and sudden death. It is not a book for weak stomachs, but its powerful message will stay in the memory long after the last page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Personal narratives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 398\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Corgi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780552124195\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mason, Robert","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £1.16","offer_id":48043956076721,"sku":"SB-0552124192-C4","price":1.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0552124192.jpg?v=1792113437","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/chickenhawk","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}