{"product_id":"9780552124195","title":"Chickenhawk","description":"\u003cp\u003e'I read this as a young pilot about to embark on a career flying military helicopters. It should have put me off for life. Robert Mason tells a gripping account of the relentless courage and heroism amidst the insanity of the Vietnam war. The final few pages are the most shocking I have read in any book.' Tim Peake\n\u003cbr\u003e________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA stunning book about the right stuff in the wrong war.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a child, Robert Mason dreamed of levitating. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a young man, he dreamed of flying helicopters - and the U.S. Army gave him his chance. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey sent him to Vietnam where, between August 1965 and July 1966, he flew more than 1,000 assault missions. In Chickenhawk, Robert Mason gives us a devastating bird's eye-view of that war in all its horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe experiences the accelerating terror, the increasingly desperate courage of a man 'acting out the role of a hero long after he realises that the conduct of the war is insane,' says the New York Times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'And we can't stop ourselves from identifying with it.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCHICKENHAWK contains the most vivid, astoundingly intense descriptions of flying ever written. It is a devastating account of men at war, of courage and cowardice, boredom and exhilaration, lasting friendship and sudden death. It is not a book for weak stomachs, but its powerful message will stay in the memory long after the last page is turned.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Corgi Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49651732316408,"sku":"EB_MW0500_C20-04_SYDNEY","price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9780552124195-1_2af76ead-a513-4ec5-bf37-2a5c2e8b2ea4.jpg?v=1791442618","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9780552124195","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}