THE CAGE.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.NFINE/VG+.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£16.99) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt, colour+b/w subject photographic illustrated dw/dj; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/ backstrip of dw/dj bumped with reciprocal creasing,the heavier to head of same,book has a slight lean.Top+fore-edges slightly aged/toned but generally clean; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - unread? Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,stamped silver gilt letters to spine/ backstrip,a green headband,and immaculate monochrome facsimile medal award citations illustrated eps.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,1-299pp [paginated] includes prologue,Pts I-IV (England,America,Vietnam,The Cage) comprising 25 chapters, 16pp contemporary b/w+colour subject's biographical photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece, between pp50/1 and pp242/3 respectively and a glossary.Plus,[unpaginated] half-title+title pages, a dedication,contents list/table, acknowledgements, Vietnamese Central Highlands b/w map,title separator page,Pts separator pages,and 6pp blanks at rear.
Tom 'Bud' Abraham was one of the very few Englishmen to serve in Vietnam.As an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division during 1967/68,he saw combat in some of the fiercest encounters of the war.His gallantry earned him a chestful of medals,including the Silver Star,one of the highest decorations awarded by the American Army.
During the Tet Offensive,Tom was captured by the Vietcong.The suffering he endured when he was interrogated and tortured tested him to the limits.His daring escape into the surrounding jungle was only the beginning of a new ordeal,in which his struggle to survive,naked and alone,would drag him down to the level of a primitive beast.
After he returned to England from Vietnam,Tom made a new life.He married,became a father,and started a successful career in business.It seemed that he had forgotten the nightmare of the past.But more than thirty years later,a trivial encounter with the police began a catastrophic chain of events.He lost everything - his family,his home,his self-respect.It became all too obvious that the psychological and emotional wounds he received in Vietnam were still festering.
In trying to rebuild his life,Tom had once more to confront those traumatic memories that he had buried so deep.If he were to have any chance of a future,he would have to relive the past.His terrifying yet inspiring journey is the story of this book.
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