BOOK CHICKENHAWK (BOX48)

 COURTESY OF GIBSONS TACTICAL TAVERN                                                                       MILITARY SURPLUS LISTING INDIVIDUALLY PICTURED  CHICKENHAWK   (NOW WITH PHOTOS AND A NEW AFTERWORD) AUTHOR: ROBERT MASON    PUBLISHER: PENGUIN BOOKS COPYRIGHT: ROBERT MASON 1983; AFTERWORD COPYRIGHT: ROBERT MASON 2005 ***NEARLY A MILLION COPIES OF CHICKENHAWK HAVE BEEN SOLD SINCE IT WAS FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1983.  NOW WITH A NEW AFTERWORD AND PHOTOS FROM THE AUTHOR, THIS STRAIGHT-FROM-SHOULDER ACCOUNT TELLS THE ELECTRIFYING TRUTH ABOUT THE HELICOPTER WAR IN VIETNAM, AND AN ASTOUNDING PERSONAL STORY OF MEN UNDER FIRE. ROBERT MASON, A VETERAN OF MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND COMBAT MISSIONS, 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. LOS ANGELES TIMES:  "MASON'S GRIPPING MEMOIR...PROVES AGAIN