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They were seven men - crack special service operatives. They were to have no military support, no radio contact, nothing to rely on but their expertise in small arms and explosives. There was to be no capture, no surrender. Alone in the steamy jungles of Laos and Vietnam, they knew that once in China they were on their own. There would be no rescue operation... If it's fiction it's unbelievably harrowing. If it's fact it's incredibly terrifying. "There is more killing here than in a Chicago stockyard... For a look at the soldier in excelsis, The Five Fingers will be hard to beat." -- The New…

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Editions

5 editions · 2 languages
  • Paperback · English · 1979
    Bantam · 9780553122435
  • Other · English · 1981
    Bantam Books · 339 pages · 9780553208603
  • Other · English · 1979
    Corgi · 317 pages · 9780552109543
  • Other · English · 1978
    Doubleday · 280 pages · 9780385129633
  • Other · Spanish · 1979
    Cinco dedos
    Emecé · 328 pages · 9789500405485
FictionFiction in EnglishVietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975Vietnam War, 1961-1975