Air Assault

About the Book

AIR ASSAULT  SHARING MILITARY EXPERIENCE is vital for a wide range of readers and critics. For those who may loathe the military it shows that all is not jack-boot sadism. For those who would place the military on an alabaster pedistal, it gives a reality check: mistakes can occur, many of them the author's own errors. It gives critical insight for moms, dads, siblings, partners who basically want to know "what's it like", without a lot of rah-rah fluff. Important for new NCO's and junior officers it gives a checklist of "Lieutenant's Mistakes" with the hope these will not be repeated. Chapters are topical:  fighting sequences, enlisted men, NCO's and officers, the critical factor of chow, those staples of all wars--going out and going home, "Shank Mechanics and Hospitals," with a concluding "What do you think about the war?" The writing is based on the experiences of the author, William Crisp, a rifle platoon leader with the 1st Battalion (Airborne) 8th Cavalry Regiment, First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in Vietnam. This is not, however, just a "Vietnam" book. The issues span time and have immediate relevance.

About the Author

William Crisp was a rifle platoon leader with the First Cavalry Division (Airmobile) and subsequently served as a US Foreign Service Officer in Zagreb, Yugoslavia. He then worked for twenty-five years as an East European business specialist with the Economist Intelligence Unit, Vienna, Austria. Four of his novels of suspense have been published. With his wife and daughter, he returned to his home in Staunton and the village of McDowell, Virginia.