"Chuck Newhall’s compelling narrative account of combat action in Vietnam takes you to one of the darkest hellholes on earth — the A Shau Valley in 1968. Just when you thought that the war was over, Fearful Odds packs a punch in the gut you will be feeling for a long time."
Joseph L. Galloway, author of We Were Soldiers Once...and Young
"There have been many books written on PTSD. They are largely “how to” manuals incorporating prescriptive “lessons” on what to do about one or another type of emotional stress. Too often, these volumes render problems in black-and-white with comparatively simple-minded remedies.
Your volume is far better than the great majority of PTSD books. You let the reader appreciate the psychological pain of a wide range of traumatic episodes. In describing how you managed to confront these challenges with largely successful outcomes, you enable the reader to empathize with what you experienced and to apply your insights into his/her own problems."
Dr. Solomon H. Snyder
Distinguished Service Professor of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry
The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"Chuck Newhall’s Fearful Odds deserves to be read as a harrowing account of combat in Vietnam. But it demands to be read as a vivid, timeless portrayal of the trials of homecoming. If you care about America’s warriors, and about how we as a society can help them come home after war, then you should read this book."
Nathaniel Fick, author of One Bullet Away