Title: A book best left unread
Review: This book was written in the 1980's and still has the Vietnam hangover of that era. I read it in 2009 after having read most of DeMille's novels that have the John Corey character. Basically, the lead character in Word of Honor (Ben Tyson) is a tough guy like Corey, but without the jokes. The guy is a sullen, humorless, self-absorbed jerk and I wanted to punch him. Totally unsympathetic character. I love following Corey around as he smart-alecks his way through the world and never backs down. It's hilarious. Ben Tyson is just an a-hole and the basic topic of this book is just not relevant anymore and there are better explorations of it by other authors, if you care to tread down that whole post-vietnam downer again. Basically, there's no reason to read this book.
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