Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14992 in Books
• Published on: 1991-09-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Synopsis
Profiles Marine Carlos Hathcock, an ace marksman, whose missions during the Vietnam War included assassinating a North Vietnamese.

Customer Reviews

A fantastic account!
In my mid thirties, this was the first non-technical book I had read since college. It was loaned to me by my TaeKwonDo instructor who had served as a Marine recon sniper in Viet Nam. My girlfriend (now wife) almost left me because I wouldn't (no couldn't would be more accurate) put it down. I started it one evening and finished it by the next, then walked around almost stunned by his story for days (she got pretty fed up with me talking about it all the time). This was the beginning for me of literally more than a hundred true account books on Viet Nam, all of them stemming from the inspiration from this book.

The book is organized in chapters, each covering some incident in his tour. Offhand I cannot think of more than a couple that a sane person would believe to be true. Though it's been a year since I last read it (three times now, after writing this it will be four) I can easily think of four or five chapters that sound more like some drunken soldiers' ramblings about some mystical soldier they had only heard of who did astounding things that got more unbelievable each time the story was told. But from what I have heard from those who were there and other books on sniping that reference US military records, incredibly it's all true. Comparing Carlos Hathcock to the fictional movie characters like those portrayed by John Wayne, Stallone, Schwartzenegger and others or using the word "legend" to describe him doesn't begin to do justice to this man. He is a true Amercian hero! Somebody should make a movie about this guy.

absolutely incredible ......
i have read this book three times , and i think it is probably one of the most engrossing books i have ever read . war is terrible , and we know how destructive it is yet man still fights them in the name of religion , politics etc the list goes on , but it is the fighting man , the humble soldier , that see,s the horrors and the deaths first hand , this story is about one mans experiences and memories of his vietnam war . gunnery sgt hathcock is one of those few men who if possible can be classed as the true ultimate warrior breed . his experiences are so incredible it is a travesty that the moguls in hollywood have not taken it upon themselves to bring it to the big screen , because it is one hell of a story .the sniper in modern warfare is a very very important weapon , but in history no other position has carried such stigma . you must read this book and discover how important the role gunnery sgt hathcock played in this immense war , as a sniper he was sent on incredibly dangerous missions , and carried them out with vigour and professionalism , and through his experience and training it shows you how he achieved the missions and tasks assigned to him , please buy this book and read it for yourself , it really is a classic account of one mans amazing tour of duty during the vietnam war .

hero who was screwed by author
In this book of an execptional man one of a kind hero the author Mr Henderson has not even awarded the hero that he made so much money from a single penny in royalties I think this is an absolute disgrace as if it was not for carlos this man wouldnt have a book to sell