No Place to Hide: A Novel of the Vietnam War [Hardcover]

Gerry Carroll (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1995

Two years after the United States has pulled out of Vietnam, the South Vietnamese Army wages a final battle that is headed for Saigon, and a skeleton crew of American officers is charged with evacuating the remaining American and Vietnemese personnel.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

The evacuation of Saigon during the last days of the Vietnam War is brought to vivid life in this concluding volume of Carroll's naval aviation trilogy (North SAR; Ghostrider One). Helicopter pilot Lt. Tim Boyle and his best friend, Lt. Mike Santy, find themselves in the midst of the chaos, danger and heartbreak of the efforts to keep the enemy at bay just long enough to prevent the American withdrawal from becoming a complete catastrophe. The pair's adventures here coil around two major plot lines and one minor one that occur during April 1975: an effort to reach and evacuate a Navy officer who has been leading a troop of irregulars in the mountains; the planning and implementation of the Saigon evacuation; the tensions felt by Navy wives who know all too well the probabilities of life and death. In Carroll's gifted hands, we fly in Hueys over Saigon rooftops; crawl through the jungles with the enemy in spitting distance; and feel the fatigue and frustration of professionals who know their leaders are self-serving and incompetent. Throughout, Carroll inserts technical and military details painlessly and with graceful accuracy, making this a war novel that's as authentic as it is memorable.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

In this conclusion to the best-selling trilogy begun with the "realistic, exciting, and extremely readable" North SAR (LJ 11/1/91), flyboys Santy and Boyle help evacuate Americans shortly before Saigon's fall.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 419 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; 1 edition (August 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671865102
• ISBN-13: 978-0671865108
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,648,552 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Setting The Record Straight, March 24, 2008

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I take issue with "A Customer" who disputes Lieutenant Commander Gerry Carroll's war credentials. If Gerry "never set foot in Vietnam", it was because he was in the air, protecting and rescuing soldiers on the ground. Here is his official military biography:

"Born in Washington, D.C. on July 11, 1947, Lt Commander Carroll grew up in Norwich, Connecticut and Baltimore, Maryland. He was a decorated U.S. Navy Pilot who wrote two novels based on his experiences in Vietnam. He died at his home in Leonardtown, Maryland, on September 30, 1993 of a heart attack.

He was one of the Navy's most decorated Vietnam War aviators, and served for 21 years, retiring in 1990. He flew in 198 combat missions, also serving in Grenada and in Beirut, Lebanon. He was the receipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal.

His writing career did not begin until after he left the Navy and only after several years of encouragement by a former high school classmate, author Tom Clancey, to write a novel. His first book, "North SAR," was published in 1991 by Pocket Books, a division of Paramount Publishing. His latest novel, "Ghostrider One," about Navy and Marine Corps pilots in the Tet Offensive in Vietnam was published in October 1993 by Pocket Books.

He is buried in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery."

I knew Gerry Carroll as a child. He was my hero then, and his life as an adult only increased my beleif in his courage and generosity. His father and younger brother also lost their lives to heart failure at an early age. Knowing that he could die prematurely young made the accomplishments of his life all the more extraordinary.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My wife enjoyed this book as much as I did., July 20, 1999

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This review is from: No Place to Hide: A Novel of the Vietnam War (Hardcover)

Of his three books, this was perhaps the best. He obviously had researched it well and put together a most exciting story line. About the author: Gerry saw combat with HC-7 during Viet Nam flying combat support from the decks of the CVA's deployed to the Tonkin Gulf. Their mission was search and rescue (SAR). They flew the "Big Mothers" off the coast of North Viet Nam primarily in support of strike operations from the carriers. He served his country proudly, with distinction and was most certainly a Vietnam veteran.

5.0 out of 5 stars Helicopters in Vietnam War, August 10, 2011

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Great delivery speed. Very knowledgeable author who paints a vivid picture of how helicopters and carriers were used to advantage in the Vietnam war.