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Title: Into the Green: A Reconnaissance by Fire by Cherokee Paul McDonald ISBN: 0-452-28252-7 Publisher: Plume Pub. Date: 03 July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.41 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Into the Green: A Reconnaissance by Fire
Comment: Cherokee Paul McDonald reached his hand into my gut with this incredible book. I was hesitant to buy it since the publisher is not known for publishing military history. And the cover art and design doesn't bespeak the contents of your typical Vietnam War memoir, as I'm used to seeing with publishers such as Ivy and Presidio. Was this another guilt-ridden confession of dark deeds committed during wartime? A Philip Caputo clone? Another "Suicide Charlie?" Future script material for Oliver Stone? Something the college pukes of the 60's could read and feel good about? Shame on me for waiting so long to get into it.
As I slipped into the green with McDonald, I found this memoir to be one of the most compelling Vietnam War books I've ever read, and I've read more than a few. Stange to say, it's not a page turner, unless you're turning back to re-read the vignette you've just finished. When you finish most of these stories, you don't immediately jump to the next. At least I didn't. I found myself sitting there semi-stunned, ruminating over what I had just been hit over the head with, savoring the imagery, turning back to sift through the author's finely wrought prose again.
The writing style and diction are superb. Reading this collection of stories is like being inserted into the green itself. You smell the smells, hear the sounds, see the sights. But beware! It can break your heart. I am not ashamed of the tears that flowed after having finished the final chapter. Man, it blew me away. I love how McDonald confronts the war journalist. In my view they were all rotten bastards. I love how he uncovers the vile self-righteousness of the anti-war maggots, like opening the lid of a trashcan to let the sun shine on a bevy of writhing fly larvae. I love how he rebukes the lying and duplicitous Wunderkind, MacNamara, a man who can never wash the blood from his hands no matter how many books he writes.
Buy this book and descend into the green with Cherokee Paul McDonald. It's a beautiful, hard-hitting read.
Rating: 4
Summary: Illuminating!
Comment: I never thought that I would read a military book, but on the suggestion of my fathr I picked up a copy of INTO THE GREEN and was blown away! The honest details about Cherokee McDonald's experience in Vietnam, while gory, helped me understand what a generation of men dealt with and what I will clearly never fully understand. Short and concise, this book is a must read for all young Americans who want to really know what fighting a war is all about.
Rating: 3
Summary: Hmmm?
Comment: It seems the book was written in haste?. Two instances of this that easily come to mind are these: On the back flap (as well as in the editorial reviews here) it states that the author spent three years as an FO in Vietnam. According to the author (in the book)he spent three years in the Army and 11 months as an FO in Vietnam.
Secondly, In the last story he talks about his friend that was killed in 1969 and reflecting on their youth at the funeral that they were both only 19. But in the beginning of the book he says he joined the service one year out of high school in 1966 and did three years. The numbers don't match.
Things like this along with every poular cliche associated with the Vietnam experience being included in the book lead me to believe that this book is perhaps a non-fiction intertwined with a creatively abstract writers flare.
It leaves you quite unable to take it to heart.
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Title: Deception Point by Dan Brown ISBN: 0671027387 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 26 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Angels & Demons by Dan Brown ISBN: 0671027360 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: 26 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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