This title provides a critique of American failures in the war in Vietnam which focuses on the US love affair with the technology of destruction and the failure to admit how effective the enemies guerrilla tactics were.

"Tug McGinn" is an easy read and an entertaining story of a young man and the Indian scout he befriends. In time they find Tug's brother and sister who had been taken captive by hostile Indians. The conclusion of that search both pleased and shocked both of them.

Hawk and Tug build a ranch in the middle of Indian country. "Tug McGinn" tells that story and of all the different and interesting characters that affected their lives along the way. This story treats the relationship between the white men and the Indians in a far different manner than the usual western stories. It chronicles the...