{"product_id":"rolling-thunder-9780399134395","title":"Rolling Thunder","description":"\u003cp\u003eRolling Thunder is an historical novel about the decisive role politics played during the Vietnam War. Its characters range from men in the field to the Pentagon and the White House. Fighter pilots and Special Forces warriors try to do their best but are hampered by President Johnson  Secretary of Defense McNamara  and their staff members who despise the military. Only one aging USAF general  who fought in Korea and WWII  is on their side. His clashes with his Commander in Chief  Lyndon Johnson  are epic in proportion and startling in content.  In Rolling Thunder  the time is late 1965 and 1966 in war zone places such as Saigon  Hanoi  Bien Hoa  Da Nang  and Tahkli. While back in Washington  LBJ sits over lunch and personally picks bombing targets in an attempt to fight a limited war. In Vietnam the war knows no limits.  There  as the hostilities escalate  the fates of three men intertwine: USAF Captain Court Bannister  overshadowed by a famous movie star father who fought in WWII as a B-17 gunner  driven to confront missiles  MiGs  and nerve-grinding bombing raids in order to prove his worth to his comrades -- and to himself...Air Force First Lieutenant Toby Parker  fresh from the States  who hooks up with an intelligence unit for a lark  and quickly finds his innocence buried away by the lessons of war...and Special Forces Colonel Wolf Lochert  who ventures deep into the jungle to rescue a downed pilot -- only to discover a face of the enemy for which he is unprepared.  Four airline stewardesses  who fly the civilian MAC contract flights that bring American soldiers to and from the war zone in Vietnam  have difficult love affairs with G.I.s and fighter pilots. After one flight they come under attack while on an airbase in Vietnam.  Young American G.I.s are cursed and taunted as they return to the United States.  Through their eyes  and those of many others -- pilots  soldiers  lovers  enemy agents  commanders  politicians  profiteers -- Rolling Thunder shows us Vietnam as few other books have  or can. Berent captures all the intensity and drama of that searing war  and more  penetrates to the heart and soul of those who fought it. Rolling Thunder rings with authenticity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647596552245,"sku":"ByrdShop_0399134395","price":41.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780399134395.jpg?v=1781695042","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/rolling-thunder-9780399134395","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}