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Dien Bien Phu. Saigon. Hanoi. In 1954, they were only exotic names from a French campaign halfway around the world. But now American fighting men—proven on the bloody beaches of Normandy and in the minefields of Korea—are summoned to help beat back the guerilla forces of Ho Chi Minh. To some, the "secret" war in Indochina was the depth of folly. To others, like the Majors, it pointed to the heights of glory....
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Like the books before it, the Majors is a pleasant read notable for its lack of war in a war book. I find myself getting a little bored at times, but I keep turning the page.
The ending of this book was particularly predictable, so I wonder if that will be the norm for upcoming books.
The ending of this book was particularly predictable, so I wonder if that will be the norm for upcoming books.
Fourth time reading this first book in the Brotherhood of War series. It's like meeting up with an old friend you haven't seen for a while. The characters are well known to you. The story may be familiar but still absorbing. W.E.B Griffin is a master storyteller. Highly recommend to anyone who is not familiar with his work to check him out. I'm starting the next book, The Colonels
Liked it, will buy. Some of his storyline tactics piss me off, but he's the only guy who writes a 600 page book I can read in one sitting.
Next in the series of a pretty well researched book--details the development of Army aviation from the perspective of the characters in the series. I wonder when one of them will get killed off? Next--"The Colonels"
Great book
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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, 3-7 (The Lieutenants - The Majors - The Colonels - The Berets - The Generals - The New Breed) by W.E.B. Griffin
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
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Majors
- Original publication date
- 1983
- People/Characters*
- Bob Bellmon; Barbara Bellmon-Waterford; Peterson K. Waterford; Graaf von Greiffenberg; Sanford T. Felter; Craig Lowell (show all 7); Rudolph MacMillan
- Important places*
- Saigon, Dien Bien Phu, Hanoi
- Dedication*
- Voor oom Charlie en De Bul. Zij rusten in vrede. - oktober 1979. En voor Donn. Vier sterren - wie had dat ooit gedacht?
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3557 .R489137 .M35 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- 5 — Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Polish
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- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 24
- ASINs
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