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Idol Thoughts
Idol Thoughts is the story of a Marine recon patrol in 1966 Laos, and the Green Beret Major who rescues them from the NVA. Accompanied by a Khemoi Nuong tribe of warriors, Major Stokes commands a remote radio listening station in the borderlands between Laos and North Vietnam. This is a war story for those who love war stories; a tale of heroism and betrayal, love, and the mystery of the Sunshine Buddha.
519 pages, ebook
First published June 9, 2015
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February 18, 2019
What a great follow up book and CAN'T wait to see what happens next to this GREAT series!!!!
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April 16, 2019MWSA Review
If you enjoy gripping combat fiction in a story that keeps you eagerly turning pages, you'll love Harvey E. Baker's Idol Thoughts. The details of a fictional "undeclared" war in the Laotian jungle, conducted by Khemoi/ Nuoung/ Montagnards and their Special Forces "snake-eating" advisors, are vividly realistic. That's not surprising, because Baker lived and fought in the war he describes. The horrors of life in an NVA prison camp are powerfully depicted as well, giving the lie to the ridiculous slander that the Americans who were captured in the Vietnam war weren't "heroes." The novel's conclusion is a warp-speed-paced version of the movie Three Kings. Besides being a great read, this is also a profoundly honest novel about combat and the men and women who fight for their country.
Review by Tom Behr (April 2019)
If you enjoy gripping combat fiction in a story that keeps you eagerly turning pages, you'll love Harvey E. Baker's Idol Thoughts. The details of a fictional "undeclared" war in the Laotian jungle, conducted by Khemoi/ Nuoung/ Montagnards and their Special Forces "snake-eating" advisors, are vividly realistic. That's not surprising, because Baker lived and fought in the war he describes. The horrors of life in an NVA prison camp are powerfully depicted as well, giving the lie to the ridiculous slander that the Americans who were captured in the Vietnam war weren't "heroes." The novel's conclusion is a warp-speed-paced version of the movie Three Kings. Besides being a great read, this is also a profoundly honest novel about combat and the men and women who fight for their country.
Review by Tom Behr (April 2019)
December 31, 2019
I think it is a good book. I love the characters. I think it's the ultimate payback for soldiers who risked their lives in the Vietnam War and came home to a ungrateful nation. It's a face paced easy to read novel depicting very realistic combat scenarios that would have taken place during the Vietnam War.
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