The Edge of Honor

New York: St Martins Press, 1994 White boards with black tape binding; gold lettering on spine; dj protected with Brodart cover; not price clipped;. "At the height of the Vietnam War, Lt. Brian Holcomb begins a seven-month assignment on the USS 'John Bell Hood,' an 8,000-ton guided-missile ship off the coast of Vietnam. Brian is the weapons department head, in charge of the 'Hood's' array of computer-controlled attack and defense systems. His wife, Maddy, waits nervously back in San Diego, a career woman uneasy about being a "Navy wife,' frustrated by Brian's absence and worried about his safety in an active war zone. An ambitious young officer, Brian is up for promotion, his next step toward his goal of commanding his own ship. But he soon discovers that the 'Hood' is riddled with problmes that make it vulnerable to a potentially deadly air assault by the North Vietnamese..." from the dj