Tom Yarborough

Vague feelings of moral, political and strategic doubt hidden in pages of technical war procedure, airplane worship, adrenaline rushes, and alcohol-fed comradery.

A masterpiece of concise, evocative writing about flying missions supporting ground troops and directing strike aircraft during the Vietnam War. The prose is so stark that the diary text is a cipher for yawning chaos outside the cockpit and crisis management under the canopy. This is a book that retains its mystery long after the final page is turned. Not having been personally in Vietnam, this book conjures up all that is unknowable about that tragic land and time.