Mekong! [Mass Market Paperback]

James R. Reeves (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (March 12, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345342550
• ISBN-13: 978-0345342553
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,324,115 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an outstanding account of navy seals in viet nam, May 31, 1998

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[e-mail] Ben Williams (jacksonville, fl) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mekong! (Mass Market Paperback)

I read this book shortly after publication in the 1980's. This is one of the best accounts of navy seal ops in viet nam. next to 'the five fingers", it is probably one of the best novels about the war period:I was there. This one is full of action.

5.0 out of 5 stars MEKONG, October 14, 2002

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rdbrito (e. hampton, ct United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mekong! (Mass Market Paperback)

While above reviewers apparently were concerned enough to try and verify this person was a SEAL, they must have forgotten the disclaimer that name, places , etc. were changed and embellished. The take i got was it seemed like a combination of
many different seals stories. Much like what Oliver Stone did with his movie Platoon, and Richard Marcinko did with his books. Actually i felt it had a Richard Marcinko feel to it. Realistic and very action packed.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars False all the way, November 9, 2006

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This review is from: Mekong! (Mass Market Paperback)

Contrary to some reviewers, the author did claim he was a SEAL in Vietnam. Co-author Reeves said all the names were changed(except for SEAL narrator Taylor of course) and some incidents were mixed together, but these type of things did happen in his SEAL team he insists(shooting kids, smoking dope on patrol, openly being racist,etc.). Reeves further claims that Taylor's nightmares were reduced by telling his story. As we know now, James C. Taylor was never a SEAL or in Vietnam, let alone a SEAL in Vietnam. He was a Navy mechanic stationed here in the U.S.Military records confirmed this in Stolen Valor .Furthermore, the comparisons to Marcinko's books is also wrong. Those are books of heroism, teamwork,reality, and humor. In other words this book is a sham.