Book Description
Jim Morris was an educated young man who had always wanted to be a soldier. In 1963, he found the perfect war...."The war was like a great puzzle, great to think about, great to plan, great to do. It was so incredibly peaceful out there in the jungle." As an advisor to a Montagnard strike force, Morris and his guerrillas outfought and outmaneuvered the Viet Cong in his sector. But while he loved the ambushes, the firefights and the Montagnards, he could see a tragedy unfolding in Vietnam."As I jumped I heard a crack and felt a thud in my right shoulder. I squeezed the trigger on my M-16. The bold went ka-schulgg and that was that, baby. Jammed again." In the most widely admired Special Forces memoir to come out of the Vietnam War, Jim Morris tells his tory: of the ealy days and the Tet Offensive in '68, of the slaughters and the beauty, of the violence, the courage, the loyalty and the loss...."The war was my life and I identified with it totally. To end it was to end me, and that I would not do...."
Customer Reviews:
Measuring the Cost.......2002-03-01
Published only four years after the fall of Saigon, War Story, was the first of what has become a plethora of non-fiction Vietnam War memoirs. But because of the political climate at the time of its initial publication this potential blockbuster bestseller was all but ignored by the New York publishing houses. While Robin Moore's The Green Berets was such a sensation in 1965 that it inspired a John Wayne movie, and the same photo of Army Special Forces Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler would grace both the book's paperback cover and Sadler's top hit record, by the early 1970's when Morris wrote War Story the attitude towards the Vietnam War and America's elite warriors was colored by the anti-war movement, My Lai, the bombing of Cambodia, and the media's slanted reporting on Tet. Vietnam wasn't a popular literary topic.
Morris begins his memoir with the emotionally charged details of his re-occurring nightmare, a vivid and detailed replay of the firefight in which he had his left testicle shot off and was almost killed. In the nightmare though he is eventually killed. He ends the book with an emotionally charged memory also. In a heart-tugging coda, Morris recounts the scene. While standing in an Army hospital, his crippled right arm hanging at his side, his useless fingers attached to a mechanical brace he watches as the sun sets and the color guard lowers the flag; and tells us that as the flag is lowered "a feeling of almost overwhelming sadness, almost grief, came over me." As Morris attempts to salute the colors with his damaged right hand he stands "crying like a baby because I couldn't do it right."
A professional soldier who began military school as an eleven-year-old, Morris joined the Army and Special Forces where he rose to the rank of major. He volunteered for three tours in Vietnam and received four Purple Hearts and four Bronze Stars among numerous other decorations before a medical discharge for wounds cut his career short.
Jim Morris is a gifted story-teller and this book should be read for his Ludwig Faistenhammer and Larry Dring war stories alone. But at its heart War Story is the tale of Jim Morris, not an examination of the Vietnam War or even the role of Special Forces. It is, admittedly, a participant's interpretation of events. He offers up a good account of what it was like to be on the ground during the Montagnard revolt, to fight for survival during the Tet Offensive in Nha Trang, and to serve in the US Army's Special Forces during its hey-day in Vietnam. Summing up his Vietnam experience Morris quotes Michael Herr's Dispatches, "Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods."
This is a book by a soldier who is proud of his service, an experienced and consummate warrior who without a second thought or any moral retrospection whatsoever begs God to please send him some VC to kill for his birthday. But Morris is a thinking man's warrior (he opens his book sections with quotes from the works of Carlos Castaneda) and philosophizes about other men like himself: "I think perhaps Special Forces guys and other people like them have depressed metabolisms and they have to be exposed to some sort of danger to feel normal ... before going to Nam I didn't know that everyone wasn't paralyzed by boredom all the time."
Paralyzed with boredom is the last thing you'll be while reading War Story, a real standout amongst the burgeoning pile of popular literature on the Vietnam war. Morris' prose is oftentimes humorous, always entertaining, and never boring, self-serving, or pedantic. A good example of his dry wit is how he describes his arrival at Ta Ko to take command of the Special Forces camp where "...the Strike Force had been for two years without going home or seeing a woman. Half of them had long hair and half of them had short hair and they were all real friendly with each other. But not with Americans. Every so often somebody threw a grenade into the team house." War Story is replete with a soldier's black humor on death and killing. One of the best lines in the book is: "I won't describe the operation because it was one of the most frustrating experiences of my military career, a compendium of tactical errors and blown chances grotesque enough to break the heart of anybody who likes to kill people."
But Vietnam wasn't all fun and games for Jim Morris. The loss he suffered, besides his physical and emotional wounds, includes the deaths of comrades and close Army friends in the close and brutal combat which marked Special Forces operations in Vietnam. Special Forces was a close community and the death of a "green beret" meant a personal loss. He agonizes over the fate of, Phillipe Drouin, one of his Montagnard comrades and a leader of FULRO, the Montagnard independence movement, who was a kindred spirit and Morris' close friend. Despite the disparity of the two cultures Morris formed a deep and long lasting attachment to the Montagnards during his three tours in Vietnam and was well connected to FULRO. While on an operation with the "Yards" at the end of his third tour, though suffering a life-threatening wound, he refused medical evacuation and proceeded to supervise the evacuation of his wounded Montagnards. His dedication to the Montagnard cause provided him with his paradigm for perfect happiness. "Get involved in something that is more important to you than your own life."
Special Forces' most ardent White House supporter, President John F. Kennedy, said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Professional SF soldiers like Morris answered that call to duty and War Story gives us a glimpse of what our country asked of some of its young men and what they gave. For some it was too much. Others, like Morris, are still measuring the cost.
I agree with Jack Singlaub.......2002-01-31
This is THE book to read if you were never involved with Special Forces and wonder what it is like to be in SF. This is also the book to read if you WERE in SF in SE Asia and you find it hard to find books that relate people and events in a meaningful way to your own experiences, a clearer perspective than when we lived them. Besides all that, War Story a great read. Like candy or whatever you like best, a real treat page turner.
Disjointed.......2001-10-11
From a literary standpoint, War Story is very disjointed and rambling. Side bars are frequent and often pointless. The book starts out with the author arriving in Nam for his second tour, then goes into a flashback of the first tour that lasts a third of the book, without telling what's going on. There are very few dates and no maps. There is not near as much action as most of the popular Viet Nam books, and the story is largely one of the author's frustration at not being allowed to command a combat team for more than a couple operations. The book may be of value for its unique content about Montagnard advisors before regular troops arrived, and the author certainly speaks from the heart.
A well written story.......2001-06-05
This book is excellent. The only tactical problem I have with it is his constant discussion of smoking while in the field. I have read this book several times over the last 15 or so years. It is a great book. Smoking in the field can get you killed. I am hoping he added this for dramatic appeal. I feel his ideas for counter insurgency are right on. This book should be read by any Q course or assesment wanna be. One of his greatist ideas is utilizing graphics of infiltration routes via contact locations to create good graphics of where to place ATeam camps. I thought this was brilliant. I am hoping the Army has solved this through the implementation of all the graphics they do in their preparation of the order of battle that is done in their planning cycles.
A KEEPER!.......2001-06-01
WAR STORY by Jim Morris is one of those books you have to have in your collection of war stories. Toss out one of mine or somebody else's because with Morris you get quite simply one of the finest books on the war in Vietnam there is! ... I'm so ... jealous I even stole a few of his verbs!
Book Description
Hans Halberstadt. The U.S. Army Special Forces, more familiarly known as the Green Berets, are the elite fighting force of the United States military. Their harrowing stories are told here, providing rare insight into the world of the Green Beret.
Customer Reviews:
I Thoroughly Enjoyed The Book.......2006-07-31
I served with the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) from December 1969 through January 1971. I was fortunate enough to have served with the finest, bravest, and most professional soldiers God ever put into combat boots.
Mr. Halberstadt's book brought back many memories of those times. I especially enjoyed reading about the various soldiers' memories of LTC Maggie. She was one of a kind. I was fortunate enough to spend many hours with her in Beverly Hills in her Team Room. She had photos of herself with every president from Roosevelt to Nixon. She had all types of military awards and photos adorning her walls.
I can only imagine what adorns the wall of Hanoi Jane Fonda. Probably photos of Che Guevera, Stalin, Uncle Ho, and Alger Hiss are hung on her walls.
The book, for me, was pure enjoyment. Most war stories books dwell on the horrors of war. This book is the exception. Although there is a modicum of horror in this book, it is replete with many numerous anecdotes.
Classic War Stories, Not Meant to be History.......2006-06-05
War stories are traditionally told in bars, over beers, and are notoriously unreliable as history but very reliable as entertainment. This book is a collection of war stories from about three dozen men, most of whom I know personally. They are best enjoyed with a blood-alcohol level of about .01 or higher. The book has been in print for about fifteen years, in two editions, and only one person has objected to the format. But he is a LOUD person, so I will just say here what I said in the introduction -- these are stories Green Berets tell each other late at night, long after the incident. Some are funny, some are horrifying, and all provide a little insight into what goes on in "the Special Forces community." Anybody expecting a proper history has come to the wrong book; this one was meant to be fun to read. And that's what it is!
Poor Research and lack of Validation.......2006-06-05
When an author writes based on research and not personal first-hand experience they MUST insure what they write is verified by more than ONE source or they end up printing total bovine excrement.
Halberstadt has failed to even follow the basic rules when he wrote "War Stories of the Green Berets."
A basic background check by Halberstadt on Otis Hedges Ashley III, would have revealed the man is a total phony. He does NOT have two Silver Stars and he never was a POW. He never was recomemnded for the Medal of Honor and he has a very long record for forgery, deception and lying. The story Ashley tells in the book is total fiction.
One can only assume Halberstadt placed a newspaper add asking for SpeciaL Forces men to publish their stories and those who responded were the phonies or self-aggrandizers.
This book does NOT represent the true heroes of Special Forces and brings questionable doubt on Halberstadt's other "novels" he passes off as non-ficition.
Incredible stories about this elite unit - from then and now.......2004-10-13
I picked up this book for my dad since he's always talking about the Green Berets and their legendary fighting. I could not put the book down myself, especially when reading about the latest Green Beret actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. These people are incredibly brave and the stories are unbelievable; war is hell and it takes people as tough as the Green Berets to make it through the battles. A great read.
Book Description
War Stories of the Green Berets Halberstadt Subtitled: The Viet Nam Experience. US Army Special Forces commandos in action! This unprecedented oral history profiles high-risk, high-intensity missions into the jungles of Laos and Cambodia duringthe Vietnam War. Green Berets break their code of silence for the first time to reveal their top-se cret missions along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Customer Reviews:
Never Forget.......2007-03-25
Have you ever listened to any war stories from a family member, or friend? I have, and I have a few of my own. This book is a collect of war stories from the various members of the Green Berets, in their own words. All of the stories were from the Vietnam war during the 60s and early 70s. Some of these stories were very sad, but at the same time, very heroic. A lot of the stores were scary, especially during some of the patrols these guys had to do. There's also a quite a few funny stories that will make you smile, especially if you were in the service. I really liked the stories that were kind of spooky, there was one story that involved a SF patrol that bed down for the night. During the night, it was so dark an enemy patrol had mistaken the SF patrol for one of their own, and decided to bed down in the same area as the SF patrol! Crazy stuff! This is a book dedicated to the men of the Green Berets.
I was fascinated by the authenticity of the book........1998-08-30
As a former Special Forces medic in Viet Nam I could not put this book down until I had finished it. I got out of the Army in 1966 and didn't look back, but I could never get Viet Nam and Special Forces out of my blood. It was truely a calling that I failed to hear.
I was surprised to read about many people that I had long forgotten, but there they were again, as big and true to life as if it was yesterday.
There was even a story about the little sleepy camp, Polie Kleng, that I had helped build in 1966 (A-241), and of course there were lots of stories about Dak To, Kontum, Pleiku, Na Trang, Saigon and other places I had been.
I have always wondered what my life would have been like if I had made a career of Special Forces. Now I know. There is a good chance I would have gotten zapped, but it sure would have been an exciting life while it lasted, and I would have had an endless supply of the greatest friends in the world. I have never had those kinds of truely great friends since getting out of Special Forces.
This book tells it all, just as it was. Get ready for a lot of flash backs. Every word of it is true. Even the lies are true!
A human-eye view of the war, from those who endured it........1998-08-09
I grew up during the Viet Nam war, in a military family. I joined the Army immediately after college and was the first woman commissioned at my University, in 1975. While I never served in combat, I knew many who did. I read this book to try and understand what it must have been like for the men who served, without having to read through the filters of the liberal media, or the continuing lies of our government.
Being from a military family, I understand what duty, honor and country means, and to me, the Green Berets are some of last, true defenders of those ideals. This book did not disappoint me.
It is a wonderful book, with all the elements of life, both precious and horrible, woven through it.
My favorite story was of the POV and how his faith in God was restored by a fir tree and some fire-flies. He does work in mysterious ways!
To my brothers-in-arms--my heartfelt thanks for sharing parts of your souls with the rest of us.
To those who are stil! l unaccounted for--forgive us. I, for one, shall never forget you.
Outstanding!.......1998-07-31
As a fellow Green Beret, I found Hans Halbertstadt's book very refreshing. It is free of the bravado and hype found in most books regarding Special Forces. What it shows is the real face of war a told by the unique and courageous men who fought it. You'll laugh out loud after reading one page and cry after reading the next. I highly recommend it!
Book Description
In 1965, writer Robin Moore wanted to understand more about a little-known U.S. military unit called the Green Berets. With presidential approval by John F. Kennedy, Moore went to a place called Vietnam--and was never the same again.This monumental, bestselling work-the inspiration for the classic movie starring John Wayne and one of the first wake-up calls given to the American public about Vietnam-plunges us into the chaos that was our nation's first experience with unconventional warfare.From fighting the Viet Cong to fighting along side Montenard tribesmen, The Green Berets captures the terror of firefights and ambushes, the constant confusion between friend and foe, and the amazing can-do spirit of U.S. Special Forces "advisors" who changed the shape of the war even as it changed them. Filled with unforgettable characters-a woman spy, a daredevil pilot, and heroic soldiers on both sides of the battle-and updated to include a chapter comparing today's special forces to those from the Vietnam era, The Green Berets is an action-packed, unforgettable chronicle of a secret war and the extraordinary men who fought it.
Customer Reviews:
Nothing Changes.......2007-05-09
The new edition of Robin Moore's Vietnam War era classic "The Green Berets" is as timely and relevant today as it was when it was published over forty years ago.
What is amazing is that the problems faced by the Green Berets in Vietnam described by Moore are the very same problems faced by our soldiers today in the War on Terror. These include the problems of corrupt local soldiers, relegious differences and the ago old cultural clash between the coventional military mindset and the unconventional warrior.
The new edition also contains materials which were not in the original edition. It was also enjoyable to read the various stories which conributed elements to the John Wayne movie which was based on the book. The book is well worth your time.
Well Written.......2006-04-28
I liked this book so much I bought an old paperback copy and added it to my personal collection. I believe that there's a picture of Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler, or someone that looks a lot like him, on the cover. The movie made in 1968 does NOT do Robin Moore's work justice. I found the short stories in this book to be very well written.
The Green Berets by Robin Moore.......2006-02-23
In 1965, when I first read this book, I believed most of it because I didn't know any difference. During Infantry OCS (Officer Candidate School), I read it again as a book-report (1966) and did not believe any of it...any at all. Then on the flight back, after spending 13 months in Southeast Asia as a Special Forces officer, I read it again. The book is true...completely true. As a-matter-of-fact, it actually left out some of the things we experieced and the "politics" we had to deal with, but what he told in the book was true. Robin Moore holds our respect for what he had to accomplish (at his age) in order to write this factual book. We loved the book and laughed at the movie.
Understand that Special Forces, at that time, were very different from Special Forces today. Remember, we were the most highly decorated unit in history for a reason. The ones today are great, but they built on our experieces. We were not the "quite professionals"...but we were the "movers and doers" of our time. I add this only because some authors today should recognize this hard-earned fact.
H. G. Kidd
Ex-Special Forces.
Why do I always disagree!?.......2004-04-28
I was blown away that some people did not like this book! I absolutely loved it! Before you begin reading it you must put it in the context of the time it was written. This is a book written before any of our main troops were sent to 'nam and therefore the things we know now are simply hindsite and can not be applied to this book. This book, while called fiction, is the closest you will ever get to truly understanding our most well known and almost mystical special forces group. It details, with fake names due to govt regulations at the time, many Beret missions that were, until lately, highly classified. This book will take you on many missions that seem like they are straight off of a hollywood script...in fact these stories are what created most of those scripts. You will join the berets in battle, deep behind enemy lines and see how they fought before the days when rescue was an artillery shot away. You will love each chapter of this book and it will be a very quick read. Please do yourself the favor, if you have any interest in this subject, of picking up this important book and learning a bit about America's Green Berets!
The Green Berets - In Action!!.......2004-03-08
Robin Moore's "The Green Berets" is an outstanding account of a part of the Vietnam War that didn't find its way into the daily headlines and television reports. Far from the images in the Rambo movies, Special Forces teams worked side-by-side with Vietnamese indigenous peoples like the Montagnards in an attempt to stem the flow of communist forces from North Vietnam and China. You will read an amazing collection of war stories that may seem unbelievable unless you have been in Special Forces. John Wayne's The Green Berets was based on this book. Moore's book has motivated many, including myself, to purse a career in Special Operations. Get it before it goes out of print again! de opresso liber...
Book Description
Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening exposé of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced, and interspersed with unforgettable accounts of combat, Moore’s novel features an American major who goes “native” with Montagnard tribesmen, a courageous Vietnamese girl who poses as a rabid anti-American Communist to capture a murderous Viet Cong officer and the unforgettable acts of courage of soldiers in the field.
Customer Reviews:
Nothing Ever Changes.......2007-06-20
The new edition of Robin Moore's Vietnam War era classic "The Green Berets" is as timely and relevant today as it was when it was published over forty years ago.
What is amazing is that the problems faced by the Green Berets in Vietnam described by Moore are the very same problems faced by our soldiers today in the War on Terror. These include the problems of corrupt local soldiers, relegious differences and the ago old cultural clash between the conventional military mindset and the unconventional warrior. If one changed the locations names from Vietnam to Iraq the stroeis would be ripped from today's headlines.
The new edition also contains materials which were not in the original edition. It was also enjoyable to read the various stories which conributed elements to the John Wayne movie which was based on the book. The book is well worth your time.
Customer Reviews:
An enjoyable read.......2006-11-09
As an avid reader of history, I found this to be a very good start for Mr. Patton. He brings to life a real american hero focusing on both the positive and the negatives of his life. Colt Terry was definitely a hero, serving his country in multiple wars and spending five years under fire. His story needed telling and if you enjoy and learn from history, you will enjoy learning about him.
Mr. Patton does a great job helping the reader understand life in the Korean conflict as well as Vietnam. My only critique is that i would have enjoyed more detail and this book should probably have been a bit longer as a result.
In conclusion, if you have enjoyed Ambrose then this book should also be sitting on your shelves.
A True American Hero and Patriot.......2005-10-26
Colt Terry is my uncle, and I grew up hearing most of the stories in this book. If you want to know almost first hand what our soldiers were doing in most of the overses conflicts, police actions and wars; then this is the book for you. Colt recalls with great detail people, places, and times where he was in great danger and political turmoil.
He truely is a real modern day hero and I hope that many of our service men and women read this book. I think that it teaches us that people in our military do sacrifice a lot of their lives for our freedom and this book shows what it was like to fight for that freedom.
You can read this book story by story or through its entirety and never get tired of it!
Also, Colt Terry died in September of 2005. His obiturary is in the Orlando Sentinal if you would like to read more of what his life was like.
Book Description
Authors Robin Moore and Michael Lennon team up in this exciting new novel to tell the “fictionalized” stories of the men who have risked it all for the U.S.A.: the Green Berets. They take us from firefights on the Cambodian border during the Vietnam War to the streets and alleyways of Iraq today. They teach us what it was really like to patrol the streets of Mogadishu in the days of Black Hawk Down. They show the horror that was Saddam’s Iraq during the first Gulf War. They take us to the moonscape that is Afghanistan in search of the Taliban. The Wars of the Green Berets continues the saga of Moore’s classic The Green Berets, revealing more than a few tantalizing secrets and anecdotes for the first time.
Customer Reviews:
Present Day Adventures of the Special Forces.......2007-09-19
This long overdue book by the bestselling author of "The Green Berets" and "The French Connection" continues his chronicling of Special Forces operations. Naturally there are adventures from the Vietnam War but the book also covers the stories of a new generation of Green Berets with reports from the Gulf War, our involvement in Somalia as well as stories based on current Special Forces missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. The book is written in a gritty realistic style and is extremely difficult to put down. As always Mr. Moore writes with a great admiration for the men of the Special Forces which can only be expected from the only civilian to go through the Special Forces Qualification Course. Each chapter shows the efforts of the Special Forces to preserve and advance freedom and often points out forgotten facts. For example the capture in Baghdad of Mohammed Abu Abbas, the mastermind of the Achille Lauro hijacking which is obvious proof that Saddam Hussein was harboring some terrorists. Any student of modern military history or unconventional warfare will enjoy this book.
Brilliant story of the U.S army 1970-2003.......2007-08-12
In this well told story the stories of the heroic Green Berets, the Special Forces, are intimately told through the eyes of one who was there. The book examines five conflicts through the eyes, ears and stories of five men. This is a historical novel, which means it is based on true events but some of the dialogue is injected to make the story more human. Michael Lennon, one of the authors, is a veteran of Special Operations, where he served as a staff officer.
The story begins with Mike Apin's tour in Vietnam with the Special Forces in the Central Highlands, eventually fighting in the battle of Dak Pek. Mike arrives in 1970, post-Tet Vietnam and he experiences the low moral and discrimination against Special Forces inherent at the time. He becomes acquainted with the ARVN and the Montagnard(Yards) and Chinese(Nungs) minorities who served alongside the Special Forces.
Book two surrounds the story of Chuck Rogers in the Gulf war in 1991. He arrived at the tail end of the 82nd airborne deployment, the `speed bump' set up to stop Saddam from invading Saudi Arabia. When the coalition moved into Kuwait he found himself along Highway 8 and eventually in the battle for Tallil airbase, where Iraqi forces put up tough resistance. The story also follows Kemal Mohammed and his life as an Iraqi ex-pat in the U.S and eventually in Saddam's army fighting opposite Rogers.
Book three examines the Somalia operation in 1993, Ryan Gallagher and the 10th Mountain Division. Having missed Desert Storm, Ryan arrived in Somalia on July 29th. In the first days of October a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down, the famous `Black hawk Down' and the 10th Mountain, with Gallagher in the lead, was ordered to relieve the rangers stuck in Mogadishu.
Book four, the most interesting book, examines the fighting in Afghanistan in 2001 as the stories of Gallagher, Rogers and Apin all come together in Special Ops in Afghanistan against the Taliban, working with the Northern Alliance.
The last section examines the Second Gulf War in 2003 and gives some background on Delta Force and its founder, Colonel Beckwith. Special Forces operated in Western Iraq during the war, behind enemy lines. This chapter is a summing up, examining Mike Apin's experience in 2003 and the ensuing problems of the occupation of Iraq and his prescient views that it could be `another Vietnam' and that valuable assets were being taken from the Afghan war. A well written, thoughtful and informative book, action packed and very insightful.
Seth J. Frantzman
A fresh and honest view of US military engagements.......2007-07-02
The soldiers of the US military are unquestionably the most highly trained, motivated, technically advanced and dedicated fighting force in the history of mankind. But within the armed forces there exists a group of individuals who are the elite; the best of the best. The Special Forces. These are the men and women that that push themselves to the brink of physical and mental failure, take on the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs, receive no credit when the job is well done, and much of the criticism when things go wrong.
This book takes you on an awe inspiring high speed adventure through a half century of Special Forces engagements. Although a work of fiction, is undoubtedly based very closely on real life events and situations. Keep that in mind as you read it. This is a book full of situations you'll want to tell people about. It also shows that people who are trained to kill are perfectly capable of acts of kindness even in the midsts of very difficult conflict.
I really enjoyed the quotes that start each chapter, and the various snippets of military and political history that are presented really add to the stories. The only thing bad about this book is that it isn't three times as long.
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