The Dying Place [Paperback]

David A. Maurer (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 309 pages
• Publisher: Real War Stories Inc (October 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974361852
• ISBN-13: 978-0974361857
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,028,782 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding book, March 8, 2000

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James Smyth (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Dying Place (Mass Market Paperback)

Like another reviewer, this book was so good that I read it more than once. The reader feels an adrenaline rush with the author as he's running for his life to get to the LZ for extraction. Very vivid feel for what it must have been like deep in enemy territory with a small recon team. After reading this, read SOG by Major Plaster (a great history of the Studies and Observations Group). Although The Dying Place is written as fiction, you will recognize some of the characters.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars strongly recommended...., October 4, 1999

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Tim McNamara ([e-mail]) (Hobart, Tasmania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dying Place (Mass Market Paperback)

Picked this one up as an afterthought while in my favorite second hand bookstore here in Tasmania. Read it in two days and then went straight back and read it again. I've read a few books in my time and I've never done that. I was going to give it 4 stars because almost all of your reviews for your books are 5 star but this one most definately deserves 5. I enjoy a good war story and this is one of the best. Hang on tight as you go along on this white knuckle ride with a ragtag team of LRRPS behind enemy lines in vietnam. Just coming out alive is a victory in itself. A word of warning to finish, don't lend it to anyone because you will not get it back.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dying Place, December 31, 2010

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TJM - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dying Place (Paperback)

This author painted a word picture of special operations interaction with "mercenary" forces during the Vietnam War, which differs significantly from so many other works about this period. It is a personal story that defines the price paid by some of the most actively engaged Americans in that long and frustrating conflict. It deserves a reading by anyone who is really trying to understand the surreal nature of unconventional warfare from the point of departure with conventional military realities. Maurer leaves the reader with the singular understanding that one must walk in the soldier's shoes to stand in judgement where war is concerned. Details give reality to every page, and the main character is both believable and all too human. As with every monumental historical event, a single work can only touch one small portion of what transpired. This work is no exception. It appears to me to be a collection of real events linked together by a fictional character who serves as the alter-ego of the writer...the "human vehicle" through which this story could be told. It is well written and an easy read. I consider it a "must" for those trying to establish a more complete understanding of the Vietnam War and those who fought it.