Blackfoot Is Missing

This book gets right into the atmosphere of top secret special forces operations that have not been covered very much before. That's a shame because the SOG campaign was highly successful and a provided a blueprint for future SF campaigns that was somehow and very unfortunately lost for quite a while. But this novel gets it right - thanks to the author doing painstaking research and talking to all the right people. I'm looking forward to the next one!

One of those "can't put it down" books. Accurate portrayal of SOG and C & C, reflecting the many legendary SOG veterans who the author consulted for primary source material. (Check out the frontispiece). None of the outlandish, ridiculous, Hollywood-action fluff so much in vogue. I was on A-teams in 5th Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg in 1973-1976. Since the teams had fairly senior NCOs, most had been in RVN. I remember well the many war stories, some tragic, some hilarious, whether from the camps and fortified hamlets or from SOG and other "projects." Like the main character in the book, Sergeant Bobby Lake, says, "I'm not a hero, but I can point to ten or twelve heroes."

I took this on holiday with me and finished it in a day. Furiously paced and hugely interesting. Couldn't recommend it more highly....