Books
April, 1993
In 1983 Robert Mason wrote a powerful memoir of the Vietnam war, Chicken-hawk, which vividly recalled his combat experiences as a helicopter pilot. The epilog of that best-seller offered, with no explanation, the jarring note that he had been arrested for smuggling marijuana. Now, in Chickenhawk: Back in the World (Viking), Mason tells the story of his transition from the jungles of Vietnam to civilian life in 1966. His difficulty making that transition landed him in jail.At first glance, he had...
