First published in 1963 Latest edition: 1993 Publisher: Baen Books Paperback ISBN 0671721674 Previous editions Foreign editions

Are you interested in this book? Just click here to get it at Excerpts     Ever been in Southeast Asia? It makes Florida look like a desert. Wherever you step it squishes. Instead of tractors they use water buffaloes. The bushes are filled with insects and natives who shoot at you. It wasn't a war - not even a "Police Action." We were "Military Advisers." But a Military Adviser who has been dead four days in that heat smells the same way a corpse does in a real war.     I was promoted to corporal. I was promoted seven times. To corporal. Back to The Heinlein Book Bin Index