THE KILLING AT NGO-THO

by Col. Gene D. Moore ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, 1967

Colonel Moore apparently writes from experience in this story of an army colonel seat as an advisor to the Vietnamese at Ngo Tho. The Ngo Tho area is still virginal battlewise and the army colonel reasons that it is because Ngo-Tho is the secret hideout of the Cong which doesn't wish to foul its own nest. However, the Cong strikes secretly one morning and massacres half the garrison. Just as secretly, the colonel ferrets out the Cong's hidden fort in a swamp and arranges a retaliatory massacre. Then, despite his complete success, he is ironically sacked by a megalomaniacal general and shipped home. This briefly is the story but the main interest is the characterizations of the Vietnamese officers, which are skillfully done. Colonel Moore, in fact, is not a bad novelist on a superficial level which never questions the moral issues involved.

Pub Date: May 1, 1967

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Norton

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION