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Hardcover Code of Honor Book

ISBN: 0671778013

ISBN13: 9780671778019

Code of Honor

(Book #5 in the Scott Dixon Series)

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From America's acclaimed master of the war novel comes Harold Coyle's most gripping thriller yet as he takes readers to a new level of battlefield realism and excitement in this story that echoes the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

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4 ratings

Almost perfect

Just two minor quibbles, the first being the slightly cartoonish Lane character who was predictable and stereotyped every step of the way despite some attempt to flesh him out, second being a hurried ending that closed the court martial with a footnote rather than the big bang that it was building up towards.However, these are small issues. Coyle's take on the Colombian drug war is arguably superior to its equivalents in Tom Clancy's overplotted Clear and Present Danger and Ralph Peters' Twilight of Heroes. Other than Lane, all other characters are well-realised and the gripping narrative is tinged with an affecting touch of sadness. Emotions practically exploded off the pages after the tragic fiasco in the jungle.I regard this novel as one of the best post-Cold War technothrillers, if it can be called that. Although the genre effectively lay down and died due to the paucity of credible sparring opponents for the might of the US, Code Of Honour shines like a rare gem in the overall decline. Highly recommended.

excellent book; you will be angry, sad and happy

it's a book that will leave you frustrated and yet somehow elated at the results. Two U.S. Army Generals face off behind the scenes of a ficticous quagmire war based in Columbia, with the lives and careers of Army officers at stake.

It was OK, I guess.

Code of Honor wasn't too bad. It had some action, but mostly it centered around a U.S. General named C.B. Lane who is a cowardly bureaucrat and the main character's of most of Coyle's previous novels who are fighting a guerilla-type war in Columbia. There wasn't nearly as much action as in the author's previous books, and the end left a lot of business unfinished, but it was still an acceptable read

Chairborne Commandos sink Warriors-Again

This was the most disturbing of the Coyle novels tracing the path of the modern military through the major characters. Since Coyle is a professional soldier, his stories ring true. This makes this tale of the betrayal of field soldiers by opportunistic military beurocrats worrisome, evoking memories of the Vietnam Breakdown(see David Hackworth and Anthony Herbert), which we were assured had been corracted. Since Maj. Coyle is now retired and writing Civil War novels I infer that this is the case. A good read about a familiar theme in the US military
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