General Matthew Nelson Blue, Jr.,

was a World War II hero. His son,

Colonel Matthew Nelson Blue III,

distinguished himself in Korea.

Now young Lieutenant Matthew

Nelson Blue IV is in Vietnam--and

he needs all the help his father and

grandfather can give him.

It s 1969, the height of the Vietnam

War, and Lieutenant Matthew Nelson

Blue IV is being held in a military prison

in Saigon. He is charged with cowardice

and desertion in the face of the enemy, a

capital offense. But the Lieutenant is

being framed by his superiors; he knows

about a scandal so severe that the public

outcry could bring the war to a halt. Rac-

ing halfway across the world to the Lieu-

tenant s aid are his father, a Colonel who

served in Korea, and his grandfather, a

retired General, a hero of World War II,

and a confidant of presidents. The Colonel

and the General have been estranged for

years, but now they must join together

to confront both Lieutenant Blue s court-

martial and the Byzantine web of politics

and self-interest that is Vietnam. It is a

war unlike any either has fought.