A collection of 10 stories from the pre-escalation stage in Vietnam, mostly involving Green Berets. The stories cover a variety, including the defense of Ashau, a captain who called in a napalm strike on his own position, and an air rescue of a pilot forced down at an outpost under fire. Especially interesting is a look at the PsyOps program and a translated diary of a VC officer. The stories are reprinted from Men, For Men Only, Male, and Stag, known in the trade as "the sweats." The magazines targeted a WWII-era readership and disappeared as they aged and under pressure from the breakthrough by Hustler. Among those who cut their teeth with the sweats was Mario Puzo, who broke out with Godfather. The sweats featured exploitation with gritty war stories, detective stories, cheesecake, and exposes. ( )