Chapter 1 Summary

The Generals -The Brotherhood of War by W.E.B. Griffin is the story of the people who make the decisions. The fate of many men and women is in their hands in the jungles and swamps of Southeast Asia. It is a different kind of war than the others the military has fought, but they must be prepared to make the decisions, and prepared they are.

The book opens with a communique to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington. It is the daily list of injuries and losses of life from Vietnam.

Camp 7 at Nui Ba Den was known as Dien Bien Phu II or "Foo Two." Lieutenant Willis is writing a report stating that Master Sergeant Petrofski, who is Russian Orthodox, needs the guidance of a Russian Orthodox priest. They figure he will be given leave to go to Saigon...