Great story and a great way to start a series. The was first published in 1969 so it was geared to those wild eyed American boys who had thoughts about going into war a hero. And that is exactly what Don Pendleton gave them, a hero. But in 1969 they did not really want to talk about sex because the sex scenes are horrible, just plain bad and boring. But the bomb scenes and fights are just plain catastrophic. I loved it!