Bantam, New York, 1972, believe 1st pr thus.  N7189.  Originally published under the name of Kenneth Millar.  MMPB, 196+ pages.  Wraps show some edge and cover wear, reading creases on spine and along front spine edge; a bit of soil on rear wrap; binding sound with a slight lean.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanning pages.  ‘Sam just couldn’t seem to relax on his shore leave.  It might have been battle fatigue, or the fact that his love life had been torpedoed by the war.  Or maybe it was because he’d tripped over three bodies in the three weeks he’d been ashore.  All Sam knew was that he was up to his neck in a bloody whirlpool of black fascism, Asian espionage and brutal mayhem – and it was making him very nervous …’ (from rear wrap)