The Edge of Honor

This is a book about Vietnam-era naval warfare written by a man who lived it. As such, the detail is fantastic and gives those, so inclined, to experience ship-board duty in the Gulf of Tonkin along with Lieutenant Brian and an assortment of chiefs and other ranks. Recognizing that this may not be e......more

Solid, and I mean SOLID dramatic, wartime historical fiction...like with many of his collection of war novels, Deutermann's past as a serving US Navy officer, helps him to write about shipboard service in extraordinary detail, describing the Naval Vietnam War service historically and accurately. In......more

At the height of the Vietnam War, Lt. Brian Holcomb begins a seven-month deployment aboard the USS John Bell Hood, an 8,000-ton guided-missile frigate off the coast of Vietnam. Brian is the weapons department head, in charge of the Hood’s array of computer-controlled attack and defense systems. His......more

At the height of the Vietnam War young Lt. Brian Holcomb is about to embark on a long seven month tour of duty. On the home front his new wife Maddy is lonely, confused and very tempted by someone she meets. Back aboard the guided missile frigate USS John Bell Hood we have a ship spinning in a pool of......more

Published in 1994 this Navy war yarn is set in the waters outside of Vietnam. It's 1969 and the crew of the U.S.S. John Bell Hood are put through the paces of war at it's ugliest. At over 600 long winded pages this was a tough effort to read. The Navy jargon that was used in about 75 % of the pages......more