Charlie Mike: A Novel

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If war may be said to bring out the worst in governments, it frequently brings out the best in people. This is a novel about some of the very best. Some led. Some followed. Some died.

“One of the finest novels yet written about the war in Vietnam.”—The Washington Post

Sergeant David Grady:
Leader of Ranger Team 2-2, the Double Deuce, he was a perfectionist who loved his men, his team, and his Army. For a long time they had been his whole world.

Sarah Boyce: Cold. Beautiful. For all her life, she'd been her whole world. She thought she knew it well. Then, in Vietnam, she was overwhelmed by something that completely confused her. People call it love.

Major John Colven: Commander, Sierra Company, 75th Infantry Airborne Rangers. Promoted up from the ranks during the Vietnam war, he was the perfect C.O. Every man he lost cost him a piece of his soul.

Lieutenant Le Be Son: North Vietnamese Army Regular. He was also a perfectionist who loved his men, his platoon, and his people. He would sacrifice everything to protect his country. He might have to. He's got a date with the Double Deuce.

Charlie Mike may be the greatest war to story to come out of Vietnam. There is something for everyone in Leonard Scott's novel. . . . There's violence and compassion, gore and tenderness, arrogance and humility, friend and foe.”—Columbus Ledger Enquirer

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4.7
47 reviews
Jonathan Christ
September 13, 2015
You can say it's honor, duty, love of country... But it boils down to love for his brother that most men won't understand much less experience. This book gives you an opportunity to understand, in some small way, Vietnam and the men that were there.
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Tyler Buckley
April 24, 2020
When I first read this book back in 89 I loved it the way he told this story it made me feel like I was there and knew the characters like they were my brothers and that I was fighting right next to them and when Brady and Meeks went MIA I felt the pain and when they lost a member of the team it felt like I lost a brother the detail he put into this book was astounding and I could not put it down
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A Google user
November 28, 2012
I love this book. The author is a genius. Haven't read one by him yet that I haven't liked.
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About the author

Leonard B. Scott (Col. USA ret.) is the author of the acclaimed novels Charlie Mike, The Last Run, The Hill, The Expendables, The Iron Men, and Forged in Honor. Scott retired in 1994 as a full colonel after a 27-year career in the United States Army, with assignments throughout the world. A veteran of Vietnam, he earned the Silver Star and Purple Heart.

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