Stan, if you have an interest in Viet Nam take a look at what I had to say about a recently published book by Karl Marlantes. The title is MATTERHORN. You can read more about it at
http://history-sites.com/cgi-bin/bbs53x/nvcwmb/webbbs_config.pl?read=65084
Or, take a look at Amazon.com's reviews at,
http://www.amazon.com/Matterhorn-Novel-Vietnam-Karl-Marlantes/dp/080211928X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1271822932&sr=1-1
Karl worked on the book 35 years before it was published. I'm in my 2nd reading right now.
Dennis