- Hardcover: 299 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; 1st edition (1 Oct 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593049683
- ISBN-13: 978-0593049686
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 749,370 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the library of pungent, grittily written books on the Vietnam war, Tom "Bud" Abraham's The Cage is something different--something very different indeed. Bud Abraham was one of the very few Englishmen who served in Vietnam. In the late 60s he took part in some of the most carnage-filled battles of the war as an officer in the first Cavalry Division. His courage gained him a slew of medals, and he even obtained one of the most prestigious decorations awarded by the American army, the Silver Star.
This astonishing testimony takes us into the very heart of that nightmare conflict, and some passages are positively lacerating in their impact. Captured by the Viet Cong during the Tet offensive, Abraham endured torture during the relentless interrogations, and his bold escape into the treacherous jungle was a classic case of from frying pan to fire: his ordeal (naked, hungry, terrified) brought him (Abraham tells us) to the level of a beast.
Abraham's ability to convey his own extreme psychological state is astonishing, but not just in terms of the Vietnam war: the book is equally involving when Abraham takes us on to the events that nearly destroyed his life 30 years after the conflict, when he had returned to England. Not a book for the squeamish, certainly, but the final effect of this trenchant and distinguished memoir is genuinely inspiring: a testimony to the endurance of the human spirit. --Barry Forshaw
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An Englishman's terrifying journey to the dark heart of the Vietnam War.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was shocked and disturbed to hear all the controversy about Tom Abraham, especially as it came only a couple of weeks after i had read it and was recommending it to everyone i know...
Regardless, it is a quality read that was literally impossible to put down which meant i finished it within a day...
Gripping, disturbing yet inspirational, a very good read
Thoroughly recommended to anyone interested in war.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I would really like to give this book 5 stars.
Only reason I dont is because it came to end too soon,this is a great book.I could not put it down had to turn the page to find out what happened next.
I`ve read a lot of books of Nam,but with this one you felt as though you were there.I like the way he discribes the quite of the jungle at night,as though you are being watched at all times from the perimeter.
He discribes the agony of fear when being shot at,and shelled,as though you want to disappear beneath the earth,nails digging into the ground,stomach churning like you want get up and run,but you know you cannot.
One I will always have on my shelf of favourites.A truly good read.
Only reason I dont is because it came to end too soon,this is a great book.I could not put it down had to turn the page to find out what happened next.
I`ve read a lot of books of Nam,but with this one you felt as though you were there.I like the way he discribes the quite of the jungle at night,as though you are being watched at all times from the perimeter.
He discribes the agony of fear when being shot at,and shelled,as though you want to disappear beneath the earth,nails digging into the ground,stomach churning like you want get up and run,but you know you cannot.
One I will always have on my shelf of favourites.A truly good read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
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Thats a link to a webpage that sheds doubt on Tom Abrahams book, have a read and make up your own mind.
Thats a link to a webpage that sheds doubt on Tom Abrahams book, have a read and make up your own mind.
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PTSD research
I bought this book on the recommendation of a naval psychologist who I was discussing PTSD with. I found it very interesting as part of my research into PTSD, it focusses on the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by L. Newman
May not all be true - doesn't matter
Like many reviewers here, I read the book without knowing of the controversy surrounding the author's career in Vietnam, ie was he or wasn't he a POW? Read more
Published 13 months ago by Paul Wilyman
Riveting account but..............
It's not often I come across a book nowadays that can keep me interested from the first page all the way through to the last, it's one of the main reasons why nowadays I limit my... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Paul Stevens
A real insight into the Vietnam war.
I bought the hardback version of the book in a library sale for 20p, an almost unbelievable piece of luck, as I would have been happy if I had paid the full price. Read more
Published on 8 May 2008 by Maxwell Edison
The books traps you to the very end
Tom was one of the very few English men to serve in the jungles and rice paddies of South Vietnam during the decade long conflict in South East Asia. Read more
Published on 19 Mar 2008 by Daniel Storey
Chillingly Moving
To get an insight into war from an English born, American raised man who had everything and nearly lost everything due to the horrors of war, is truly disturbing but you feel at... Read more
Published on 12 Aug 2004 by Damian Farrell
A very brilliant read
I have read quite a few books about the Vietnam war, this rates as one of the best. It is a gripping story that covers all the emotions you could feel in a war and how it would... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2004 by Jason
A gripping read
This book is great, I never knew much about the war in Vietnam before reading it, it is a gripping and personal view about one mans experiences in the war and how he was able to... Read more
Published on 23 Jan 2004
The Cage
Quite how some people can question his accuracy during a messy war, when many people didn't know who was involved let alone MIA in the TET offensive is beyond me. Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2003
Eye Opener
This is the first book i have read about Vietnam. I couldnt put it down. An easy read that is a real eye opener into what the soldiers in Vietnam were faced with. A must read.
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