**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 more 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.
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### Review
Mason’s gripping memoir ... proves again that reality is more interesting, and often more terrifying, than fiction. -- **Los Angeles Times**
Very simply the best book so far out of Vietnam. -- **St. Louis Post-Dispatch**
[*Chickenhawk*]’s vertical plunge into the thickets of madness will stun readers. -- **Time**
### About the Author
Robert Mason enlisted in the army in 1964 and flew more than 1,000 helicopter combat missions before being discharged in 1968.
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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 more 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. ** ### Review Mason’s gripping memoir ... proves again that reality is more interesting, and often more terrifying, than fiction. -- **Los Angeles Times** Very simply the best book so far out of Vietnam. -- **St. Louis Post-Dispatch** [*Chickenhawk*]’s vertical plunge into the thickets of madness will stun readers. -- **Time** ### About the Author Robert Mason enlisted in the army in 1964 and flew more than 1,000 helicopter combat missions before being discharged in 1968.