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Originally Posted by icenine
Speaking of the military, Jim Webb...the ex-senator from Virgina, wrote some kick ass novels about his experiences in the Naval Academy and US Marines during the Vietnam War era. Webb's Fields of Fire is probably the best novel about Vietnam, along with Greene's The Quiet American.
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Thanks for the heads up on Fields of Fire. Will check it.
BTW I am a fan of Graham Greene and grew up with the THIRD MAN with its Harry Lime saga.
HMS Ulysses: ALISTAIR MacLEAN
MacLean's first book, his best and a great one.
Deals with almost suicidal convoy duty to Murmansk WW11.