Dragon's Jaw

An Epic Story of courage and Tenacity in Vietnam

- Stephen Coonts and Barrett Tillman

Because I was there, I was looking forward to doing a review of Dragon’s Jaw: An Epic Story of Courage and Tenacity in Vietnam, the new book by Stephen Coonts and Barrett Tillman about the long, exasperating, and heroic attempts to drop the Thanh Hóa Bridge (nickname “Dragon’s Jaw”) during the Vietnam War. Right up front, I must say that this is the best book concerning the war that I have ever read, for it goes much further than just a story about a frustrating combat experience; it also lays open the lies, subterfuge, and (I believe) criminal actions by those in leadership positions of this nation that got us i