Take Back the Night

by Dennis Foley

Book Overview

WHILE THE MEDIA SCREAMED FOR WITHDRAWAL, THE LRPs STOOD STRONG, COURAGEOUS, AND MORE DAUNTLESS THAN EVER As commanding officer of Juliet Company LRPs in his third and most dangerous tour of 'Nam,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804107254
• ISBN13: 9780804107259
• Release Date: September 1996
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.9"

Customer Reviews

An Entertaining Lesson in Leadership

Dennis Foley has again produced a novel that is intriguing, entertaining and keeps the reader in suspense. But Take Back The Night is more than a splendid novel, it is a textbook on small unit leadership that should be studied by the schools of the US Army and Marine Corps. Foley illustrates the effective way to deal with problem soldiers and less than competent unit noncommissioned officers and officers.The author has masterfully woven into the story the painful themes of the last years of the Vietnam War - The drug problems are put in perspective to the combat situation and life back in the States. The disenchantment by the American public with the prolonged war and its impact on morale of soldiers in harm's way is ever present. The failure of national leadership takes an appropriate whack as do the suck-up career officers and the often self-important advisors.Foley presents a sensitive treatment of the plight of the Montagnard people and shows the disdain and abuse inflicted on them by both the North and South Vietnamese military.Key to the success and survival of the grunts in the dirt, is the extremely strong bond and mutual respect between Rangers and aviation crewmen that flows through the entire book. The intimacy is reflected in the always correct terminology and techniques relating to flying and employing helicopters in the thick of fighting with the Rangers in desperate situationsA great read, Foley. Keep those stories and books coming!

Ray J Sonnier

As usual I read this book before I read Dennis's first book. I still enjoyed the book very much. Dennis puts you in there with Hollister. I as a member of a LRRP/RANGER unit(Echo 50thLRRP /Echo 75th RANGER unit would have loved to have had someone like him leading our unit. Dennis made this book sing. I lost a lots of sleep,because I couldn't put the book down. I also have his other book, I will go back, and read them both again.

rayjoy@ipa.net

As usual I read this book before I read Dennis's first book. I still enjoyed the book very much. Dennis puts you in there with Hollister. I as a member of a LRRP/RANGER unit(Echo 50thLRRP /Echo 75th RANGER unit would have loved to have had someone like him leading our unit. Dennis made this book sing. I lost a lots of sleep,because I couldn't put the book down. Ialso have his other book, I will go back, and read them both again. Roadrunner6 Out

The best war novel to come down the pike in recent memory.

Dennis Foley has created a wonderful character, Jim Hollister. If you have never read a novel about the Vietnam War, make this exciting series your first. You might as well read them in order (Long Range Patrol, Night Work, and Take Back the Night), if you don't order all three together you'll soon be ordering the rest. The novels are so well written you can see, feel, hear and live the action. The characters are real and believable. Treat yourself today, you won't regret it!