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Fiction. Literature. Thriller. Historical Fiction. It is 1964. The Vietnam War has begun to escalate, its new style of battle demanding new weapons and tactics, and men who can use them. Overnight, it seems, the United States Army must scramble to create its first-ever Air Assault Division, a force critical to its chances of success. The obstacles are staggering—untrained men, technical mishaps, interservice rivalries. But through sheer courage and dedication, these heroic fighters rise to show more the challenge. For they are America's bravest—facing the ultimate test... show lessTags
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It's sort of odd, for a series of "Military Fiction" there isn't a whole lot of carnage in it. It's really more of a soap opera where all the characters happen to be in the military. This is not a criticism, it is an observation. Despite this, and despite some of the shortcuts I think WEB takes, I still think he has a very comfortable writing style.
#8 of 9, The Aviators is about development of Army aviation. There's also some ops from 1964...hmmmm. On to #7--intertwined with #8.
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W. E. B. Griffin is one of eight pseudonyms used by William E. Butterworth III, who was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 10, 1929. He enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private in 1946 and was assigned to the Army of Occupation in Germany. He left the service in 1947 but was recalled to active duty in 1951 because of the Korean War. After show more leaving the service for the second time, he remained in Korea as a combat correspondent. He was later appointed chief of the publications division of the Signal Aviation Test and Support Activity at the Army Aviation Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama. He received the Brigadier General Robert L. Dening Memorial Distinguished Service Award of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association in 1991 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award in 1999. He wrote more than 200 books including the Brotherhood of War series, The Corps series, Badge of Honor series, Honor Bound series, Presidential Agent series, Men at War series, and A Clandestine Operations Novel series. Under his own name, he wrote 12 sequels in the 1970s to Richard Hooker's book M*A*S*H. His other pen names included Alex Baldwin, Webb Beech, and Walter E. Blake. He wrote over 20 books with his son William E. Butterworth IV. He received the Alabama Author's Award in 1982 from the Alabama Library Association. He died on February 12, 2019 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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The Brotherhood of War, Books 1-8 (The Lieutenants, The Captains, The Majors, The Colonels, The Berets, The Generals, The New Breed, The Aviators) by W.E.B. Griffin
The Brotherhood of War, Books 1-9 (The Lieutenants, The Captains, The Majors, The Colonels, The Berets, The Generals, The New Breed, The Aviators, Special Ops) by W.E.B. Griffin
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- Canonical title
- The Aviators
- Original publication date
- 1988
- People/Characters*
- Bob Bellmon; Barbara Bellmon-Waterford; Sanford T. Felter; Graaf von Greiffenberg; Craig Lowell; Rudolph MacMillan
- Important places*
- Vietnam
- Dedication*
- Voor oom Charlie en De Bul. Zij rusten in vrede. - oktober 1979. En voor Donn. Vier sterren - wie had dat ooit gedacht? En voor Russ. Wie zou ooit hebben geloofd dat Pee Wee's duivelstoejager achtereenvolgens generaal-majoor,... (show all) divisiecommandant en rector magnificus van een universiteit zou worden. En voor Mac R.I.P. 1987.
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3557 .R489137 .B7 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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