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The Vietnam Air War
- From the Cockpit
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
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Summary
The Vietnam War is one of the most misunderstood military conflicts in 20th-century America. Showcasing 72 true stories told by American servicemen who fought from the skies, this unique and historically significant collection is a stunning record of the air war in Southeast Asia during the 1960s and 1970s.
There is no political agenda. There is no partisan opinion. There is no romanticizing. These are simply tales from the thick of an endlessly complex conflict, raw and uncut, told directly by the men who were foisted into its napalm- and sweat-soaked clutches.
Occasionally funny, sometimes tragic, and often harrowing, these true accounts bring new and personal perspectives to one of the most studied and most maligned wars in America's history, revealing with no Hollywood glamorizing what the war was really like for members of the US Air Force of all ranks and myriad functions who answered the call to fight.
They saw no choice but to follow the orders they were given. And for better or for worse, by the time they returned, each of them would be changed forever.
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- Fabio
- 24-04-19
Not very good
I read a lot of books about the air war in Vietnam and I have to say that this is the worst.
Some of the stories are good but in general the book is poorly written and the speaker is terrible.
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- Clayton Cartier
- 03-11-20
Overall worthy and perspective broadening
Great stories, very informative and entertaining!
That being said... The start of the book was hard to listen to. The reader was blazing through sentence by sentence without inflection. Stories don't need to be read with theater school enthusiasm but a monotone blitz that doesn't differentiate between dancing, distress, or being freed from a POW camp, doesn't do these true accounts justice.
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- James
- 25-08-20
Excellence overview of the Air War in Southeast Asia
Most authors focus on a single group of warriors, but many of us know that the fighter pilot is supported by hundreds of support aircraft and personnel. As a former boom operator, I remember providing gas to F16s post strike air fueling. The chatter of multiple aircraft attempting to find their specific aerial tank. Great book...
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- S. Mersereau
- 14-06-20
Important History
Captures many of the air war stories from The Vietnam War, as many of these air warriors are passing. Often puts you in the pilot’s seat, during the poorly managed, heroically fought war.
Don’t miss War For The Hell of It, a superb book about the F-4 flying out of Thailand.
SCM, Udorn RTAFB
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- peter brumlik
- 08-07-23
Overall a good book
The book is good but sections by Dick Schaffert are pretty close to insufferable. His impressions of coming home might be his individual experience but, it was not universal. He is representative of the Vietnam Veteran who feels unappreciated and, although I thank him for his service, he needs to educate himself on the war in general. As a SAR veteran, I understand the complicated tactics of the air war as well as the political reality of the times. Otherwise, this book gives a very accurate description of the all facets involving the air war in Vietnam.
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- DM
- 30-12-22
Remarkable stories from remarkable people
A well arranged collage of life stories from the people that were there. some are inspirational while others are funny or sad or just good entertaining war stories. The final remarks are great advice for any generation.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-01-22
history. great peek into vietnam air war.
loved it. An interesting peek into the air war in vietnam. a piece of histroy.
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- K. Cope
- 09-12-21
great book!!
some of the stories were great!
some were good!
some were filled with too many details
some i didnt quite understand
definitely worth a listen
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- Bret
- 26-06-21
I listened to twice
Found myself listening to this in order to place these events and lives more permanent in my memory.
I have flown with many of the warriors who flew in Nam after they retired to the airlines. Most will talk a little about their time in Nam. But it’s not easy to get them to expand. I’m glad for this kind of documentary book.
Pretty amazing what these men went through on combat and then when they returned to the leftist elites who were so sanctimonious and hateful.
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- Jason
- 01-06-21
Excellent book and narration of air combat.
A very well written book about the heroes in the air in the Vietnam War. It is an interesting variation in that it relates the experiences of multiple different pilots in the first and third person. A plethora of aircraft and missions are represented in the missions from rotary wings on SAR missions and the Son Tay raid to FAC's F-105's running wild weasel, RF-4's on recon, F-8's bombing, etc. air to air and air to ground missions abound. Even some Air America assets. Excellent narration as well. Great book. Listen to it today!
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- william d estes
- 12-04-21
It was the best! Great narrator
This book covers it all. There were many sad moments. As they said war is a crap game. You can get killed on the first mission or the last. I shall be listening to this action pact book again in the future. And what makes this exceptional is there was a sprinkle of humor. The author is a spiritual man. A God fearing man. To climb into one of those jets filled with high octane fuel, loaded to the hilt with bombs and bullets and fly into the wild blue yonder and go where you are going to be shot the hell at takes some Hugh hevous to say the very very least.
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