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Robert Lion

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Excellent Historical and Analysis!

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Reviewed: 10-26-24

Engrossing, well researched, and well told insight into the eastern front and the implications of the siege of St Petersburg.

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A Best Book about Helicopter Aviation in Vietnam!

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Reviewed: 07-12-24

Robert Mason was an amazing helicopter combat pilot. The history he recounts lends a first person experience of a sobering nostalgia to a war where the average life expectancy of a helicopter pilot was four weeks in-country.
He honors all those who have gone down range. This is a must read for anyone interested in helicopter aviation during the Vietnam war.

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Book Six Gets Back On Track

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Reviewed: 06-02-23

After reading the sometimes wandering and often loosely threaded together vignettes of book five I was reluctant to invest time in book six. But Jack Carr did not disappoint. He did another amazing job in line with the first four novels.
Perhaps Hollywood did not take up so much of his time last year?
Looking forward to book seven!!

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Dan Pedersen is a great American

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Reviewed: 09-23-22

The evolution of the Top Gun academy is an important historical artifact and an interesting story. Dan Pedersen provides some extraordinary insights into the culture of naval aviation. However this book reads more like a philosophical treaty rather than a technical account of military aviation at war.
In fact, it more resembles a military recruitment presentation. Was that the author’s mission?

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Hard to match the brilliance of his first four novels.

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Reviewed: 09-09-22

Obviously Mr. Carr has been devoting more time to his podcasts, television adaptations, and researching new ways to get freebies through his excessive product placement plugs. Disappointed to say that after four of the absolute best and brilliant authored military adventure fiction novels Mr. Carr has fed us a novel featuring mostly reiterations of his past novels, and repeating historical and rhetorical filler in the place of thrilling adventure.
Too many plot complications, not tied together as in his past novels.

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Enjoyable!

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Reviewed: 05-02-22

Ward Carroll is an excellent story teller.
He walks the reader through an intimate and often exiting portrayal of life as a Tomcat pilot onboard an aircraft carrier.
Ninety percent of my reading is non-fiction.
But once in a while I discover a novel that rings true to my practical and emotional sensibilities.
I am looking forward to the next book in this trilogy.

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Unique perspectives woven together loosely.

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Reviewed: 04-10-22

There is much good and comparative information presented about people, places, events. The narrator is very good.
The story does wander at times.
The author is short on certain details pertinent to the event, character, or situation that would give the reader an in-depth understanding of what is happening. For example the title of the book is “Race of Aces”, however the author does not keep a running tally of each pilot’s score. I consider myself a student of military history and this story is somewhat short on detail and heavy on prose.
But overall an interesting read.

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Nick Brokhausen is an excellent story teller.

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Reviewed: 03-18-22

Nick is a great wordsmith who’s real life experiences captivate better than any fiction. Most people would have to live a hundred lives to match the types adventures and experiences that Nick and Jeff and their cohorts have survived (and actually thrived).
Curiosity is the seductive cerebral elixir that may lead one to a life of adventure addiction.. Watch out for old men in a young man’s profession....

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A Revealing Insight of the Vietnam Experience

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Reviewed: 02-23-22

One the top ten must reads for anyone interested in the Vietnam war.
Akin to SOG-MACV Recon Teams, the LRRP F/L Company Rangers had the most nerve racking missions of the Vietnam war.
At times the story draws you in as if you were actually there.

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Remarkable career officer who was able to support the SEAL Community

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Reviewed: 01-03-22

Excellent reveal. A tough guy who balanced career politics with implementation of a practical ideas.
An account of navigating military bureaucracy while preserving and taking personal risks to ensure that the job got done. An Admiral who never forgot that he was a soldier and SEAL first and focused efforts not only for the benefit of the nation but also to benefit the welfare of the warrior community.
Political Bureaucracy is the number one reason why soldiers get injured in training and killed on the battlefield.

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