The Berets

Brotherhood of War, Book 5

By: W. E. B. Griffin

Narrated by: Eric G. Dove

Length: 13 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

They were the chosen ones - and the ones who chose to be the best. Never before had the United States given so select a group of fighting men such punishing preparation. Now they were heading for their ultimate test of skill and nerve and sacrifice, in a war unlike any they or their country had ever fought before, in a land that most of America still knew nothing about - Vietnam...

©1986 W.E.B. Griffin (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“Griffin has captured the rhythms of army life and speech, its rewards and deprivations... Captivating.” ( Publishers Weekly)

it continues

the makes you feel apart of the lives of of each character. can't wait to start the next chapter in a great series

Fort Brag

Great Book…. Brings back great memories. From Fort Benning to Brag…. You can almost hear the Cadence in the early morning runs.

As good as the rest of the series

One of the things I enjoy about the author’s series is how he changes the history of his characters from book to book. He doesn’t disappoint with this one either. That said, it is a really good ‘read’.

Great Author Great Series

The characters are easy to follow and to root for. The story is believable. As a timepiece it's filled with nuance (if that's the right word), but what always bothers me about most military books are how inaccurate they are about the details of military "life". They are like watching an actor who doesn't smoke fumble with a cigarette in a movie. This authors details are both accurate and make suspension of disbelief very easy. If the author is not a veteran then his research is PhD worthy

Reliably outstanding!

I continue to thoroughly enjoy each book in this series and I dread the day when I reach the end of the last one.

loved the ending

another great book by w e b Griffin ,the narrator Eric Dove does a fantastic job

Good Listen

The narrator does a good job, however, mispronouncing military acronyms and terms is noticeable. I attribute this to not being familiar with the lingo.
Otherwise good listen.

Great addition to the series!

Read this entire series as a young 2nd Lieutenant just out of OCS, but having been enlisted right out of high school first, I identify with multiple characters and situations, including learning to fly at Ft. Rucker, Alabama and flying both airplanes and helicopters in combat. I really enjoyed and being able to listen to someone else read it to me, it just great! Having said that, I wish someone would help Eric G. Dove with this pronunciations of military phrases, acronyms, and terms. For example, he likes to say T W X and read each letter, when in the Army, we (used to) say "Twix". WEB Griffen likes to print military orders on the pages of his books and for those of us who served, it's like reading shorthand. We already know what DA, RA, USAR, CO, TDY, RON, TRADOC, SWC, etc etc mean and in some cases, we don't spell out the acronym, we say it phonetically, like "Tradoc" instead of T R A D O C. Some we say, some we spell, so those are kind of forgivable but Mr. Dove rarely says military time correctly, even after five books. When he sees "1000 hours" he likes to say "One thousand hours", or "2000 hours" he says "Two thousand hours". Hasn't anyone told him how to say military time? "Ten hundred hours" or "Twenty hundred hours". Runways at airports are spoken as each digit, not a number. So runway 18 is spoken as "One Eight" not "eighteen". WEB Griffin himself makes a few mistakes here with a runway 45 and runway 39 (I think). Runway numbers are based on the 360 degrees of a compass and aligned accordingly. Runway 18 is a compass heading of 180 degrees. Runway 09 is 090 degrees. The opposite runway is 27 or 270 degrees. Makes it easy for pilots to ensure they are landing on the correct runway so there could never be a runway 45 or 39. These are my only complaints. Mr Dove is otherwise outstanding.

Riveting Stories

I reluctantly started this series, though I have enjoyed W.E.B. Griffin books for many years. The story was intriguing. The interwoven historical timeline and storyline were compelling. Another well done for The Master.

WEB is a brilliant author

the narrator brings this story of and interesting characters to life and the combination paints a picture in your mind