- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd; 1st Edition edition (2 Aug 1990)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0340522666
- ISBN-13: 978-0340522660
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 16 x 3.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,464,884 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The sequel to "The Warbirds", this is the story of a rescue mission to save 282 POWs from an Iranian prison. Colonel Rupert Stansell heads an unbeatable team and he must prepare himself for a raid that is too secret for his men to know and too dangerous for his men to fail.
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6 reviews
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
A tremendous follow-up.
21 Sep 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
For some reason the entire line up of Richard Herman's books appeared on my favourite bookseller's shelves a year or so ago, at ridiculously low prices. I was intrigued, and laid out the necessary bucks.
Well - it was worthg it. In fact, twice the price would have been fair. Not, of course, that I'm complaining.
"Force Of eagles" is the second of Herman's books, and it's a great yarn. Tautly plotted, with excellent airborne and land battle sequences, the action's non-stop. The concentrated action, however, doesn't interfere with the development of a bunch of likeable characters.
Yes folks, it's battle time, and the good guys are good, the bad guys are bad. (OK, so they're a little cliched. But hey... get with the picture. They are the bad guys, after all!)
The scenario's realistic (Herman must have war-gamed the action a number of times) and is told from a number of perspectives: the pilots, the ground-crew, the medics, the CO and his staff, the odd civilian.
Good stuff... as good as Dale Brown, without the political posturing of the letter.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
An excellent read!
6 July 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is the first book I picked up by Herman ( I just happened to see the F-15 Eagle on the cover while browsing a bookstore). I have re-read this book so many times the binding is coming loose! I had to go back and read his first novel The Warbirds and have added it and every book since Force of Eagles to my collection. If you like reading about the military and the Air Force in paticular, Herman is the author for you! Lots of action scenes as well as political background information. A general synopsis of the book would be what could have happnened had the U.S. lost the Gulf War.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Excellent cockpit jargon and aerial tactics
27 July 1997
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Really enjoyed the realistic radio chatter and des-
criptions of what it's like in the cockpit. Charac-ters
seemed a little wooden and almost caricatures. But still a fun read.
still a fun read.Is this the same Dick Herman who
flew with the Gunfighters @ DaNang Circa '70? If
so please contact Miami Sammy @aginghipez@aol.com.
criptions of what it's like in the cockpit. Charac-ters
seemed a little wooden and almost caricatures. But still a fun read.
still a fun read.Is this the same Dick Herman who
flew with the Gunfighters @ DaNang Circa '70? If
so please contact Miami Sammy @aginghipez@aol.com.
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