Slow Dance on the Killing Ground

by Lenox Cramer

Book Overview

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380714450
• ISBN13: 9780380714452
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

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When this book was first given to me back in early ninties I read it twice within two weeks. I passed it on and people who don't read books read the covers off it. I am buying two copies for now one to set on a shelf and one to pass on. I'm glad I found it. It is also a great gift.

Things Are Not Always What They Appear

OK, I checked Cramer out in _Stolen Valor_ too. In fact he was the first person I looked for, since I've loved this novel since my cadet days. Maybe he isn't what he made himself out to be. On the other hand, two former instructors of mine, both of whom DID run recon out of CCN, said it was an extremely well done book, so much so that if Cramer didn't have SF, MACV-SOG, or LRRP experience, in their opinion, he had help from those who did. Read it, take the obvious name-changes he admits to in the forward in stride (Operation Fire Bird instead of Phoenix, etc.), and enjoy the hell out of it. It beats the hell out of Tom Clancy's _Rainbow Six_.

EXCITING AND REAL, A GREAT LOOK AT THE SPECIAL FORCES IN NAM

I HAPPENED UPON THIS BOOK BY MISTAKE AND AM GLAD I DID. THE STORY WAS GREAT AND VERY HUMBLE. ALTHOUGH IT IS FICTION, IT IS BASED ON THE AUTHORS OWN EXPERIENCES IN THE GREEN BERETS. THIS STORY DOES NOT GLORIFY WAR AS SAY ROUGE WARRIOR DID. IN FACT THE STORY SHOWS THE TRUE SIDE OF WAR. BEING BURNED OUT, MISSING COMRADES, THE EXHAUSTION, FIGHTING FOR YOUR FRIENDS. YOU GET THE FEEL OF BEING THERE RIGHT ALONG SIDE OF THE ACTION, I STILL RETURN TO THIS BOOK ALTHOUGH I'VE READ IT MANY TIMES. THIS BOOK SHOWS ABOUT AS COMPLETE A PICTURE OF THE WAR AS SAY THE MOVIE PLATOON DID. SLOW DANCE ON TH KILLING GROUND SHOULD BE ON THE LIST OF ANYONE WHO ENJOYS WAR NOVELS.

A fastpaced account of a green beret's experience in Vietnam

From start to finish this is by far the best book I have read about the missions that the special forces did in Vietnam,Cambodia, and Laos, that we never really heard much about.The way the book is written,that is..Cramer's style of writing, is as good as any author that I have read.I have read more than fifty books and novels about Vietnam and this one is by far my favorite.Although this book is nonfiction, I wish this guy would write a couple more{fiction or nonfiction} because his style of writing is that good!

This is actually a very good book!!!!!

I especially like the duel between the hero and the Viet Cong in the jungle. It was so vividly written and quite a reading experience