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No Survivors

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I met the author which made it more special. Mike wrote with compassion, intensity, drama, and horror. If you like true life blended with fiction, this book will not disappoint you. You will feel like you are in the jungles of Vietnam.

I loved this book, so I told some close friends about it. The feedback I've gotten from the Viet Nam era Vets are such phrases as, 'I could smell the Napalm again', and 'Very descriptive writer', 'He's caught the feeling we all had there', etc. This is a book highly prized by Mr. Sutton's peers!

This book, quite simply, helps make the period of history "come alive". Reading it gave me new appreciation for the sheer psychological impact that participating in this period of time must have had, and renewed respect for those men and women who fought for their country.

Despite not being a very avid reader of non-fiction/fiction surrounding the military forces work, I wondered whether the author's great ability to capture the attention (and respect) of his audience would translate well into paper -- and after reading it, there was no questions left in my mind as to his ability to author a great book.

You will not be disappointed. This book is worth buying, and re-reading, for a gripping reminder of this period of time.

I have always enjoyed reading military novels, whether non-fiction or fiction. While I was a small child during the Vietnam war, it has always fascinated me as an adult due to the political/societal clashes that arose from it, shaping a generation.

Mr. Sutton's writing brought the war to life for me and ran me through a gamut of emotions. While there were laughs in places, I shed more than a few tears as well. His descriptiveness brought the characters to life for me, while also giving a depth to the horror of war that will not soon leave me.

While I did not know what to expect going in, I knew in leaving that this labor of love had changed me in unexpected and permanent ways.

For those who were there, it will take you on a trip back in time and in a lot more enjoyable way than memories. For those who weren't it's a personal tour of what it was like for someone that still loves the country that sent him and believes in what it stands for. This book is a real step in fostering an understanding of the never acknowledged heros of a time when the person in uniform was blamed for the choices of the government.

Mike Sutton, who spent three tours of duty as part of the Military Assistance Command/Vietnam, wrote this fact-based book ("novel" is too soft a word). The characters are believable because they are real people whose names were changed to protect privacy. Virtually all events described in the book actually happened, according to the author. Needless to say, there are scenes of graphic violence and also coarse language that may be offensive to some. No Survivors helps those of us who were not in Vietnam to better understand the role of the "advisor" in training the South Vietnamese in weapons systems and tactics. Those of us who know the author as "Sarge" appreciate his understanding that it is human beings who fight wars, and who bear the physical and psychological scars of armed conflict for the rest of their lives.

This is by far the best book I have read on this very confusing period in American History. Mike Sutton understands America and the issues better than anyone writing about Vietnam today.

In one simple word, this book is "REAL". For someone who has never been involved in a war, there is absolutely no way you can understand what is involved. It is so easy to have opinions based on an outsiders view. This book gave me a new appreciation for those that defend us so that we may have the freedom of those opinions. This story is based on true facts and will capture you without any hope of release until you finish it. This is a GREAT read!

This book grabs right at your concious and forces you to see a side of the war that no news media could present. In light of the war in the Middle East, this story takes the reader into the human element of war. We hear about the death toll but this story tells what daily life was like for these soliders. The author is to be appalauded for his exceptional story.

No Survivors is a gut-wrenching drama which enfolds the non-military reader into an exceptionally well-written story of horror and heroes.