Flight of the Intruder Book Review

A detailed Summary of Flight of the Intruder Book Review

The novel, Flight of the Intruder, written by

Stephen Coonts, is both realistic and historical fiction.

This is the riveting novel of America's powerful, high-tech,

A-6 Intruder attack planes, and the men who flew them in

Vietnam during the war. The main character of this book,

Lieutenant Jake "Cool Hand" Grafton, finally decides

to do things his way on the riskiest mission of them all.

Lieutenant Jake Grafton is a member of an A-6 squadron

on an aircraft carrier sailing near the Vietnam coast.

Jake constantly flies night bombing missions over North

Vietnam. At the start of the story, Jake, along with

his other squadron mates, is frustrated by the way the

war is being fought. Risking your life to bomb a "suspected

truck park" which looks just like any other part of the

jungle, or mud flats labeled "boat yard", seems hardly worth

it to Jake. Jake's buddy and bombardier, Lieutena

mission was overlooked because "The powers that be have

Morgan McPherson, is killed on one of these pointless

secondary explosions, the pilots come back to the aircraft

very well. There is a lot of realism and depth to the

to the plot because at that time the Vietnam War itself,

after night. The government didn't want to bomb larger

having a public court-martial of a twenty-seven-year-old

place on an aircraft carrier sailing along the coast of

cynical weapons officer on his third tour of duty. Jake

South Vietnam, Saigon. Therefore, Jake and Cole's unauthorized

conflict is man versus society. Jake is pressed against the

cities from fear of Soviet and Chinese retaliation. This

Approximate Word count = 606
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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