Coldest War A Memoir of Korea

Name: Coldest War A Memoir of Korea
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ISBN: 9780312265113

ISBN-10: 0312265115

ISBN-13: 9780312265113

Edition: 5th (Revised)

Authors: James Brady, James Brady

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America's "forgotten war" lasted just thirty-seven months, yet 54,246 Americans died in that time -- nearly as many as died in ten years in Vietnam. On the fiftieth anniversary of this devastating conflict, James Brady tells the story of his life as a young marine lieutenant in Korea. In 1947, seeking to avoid the draft, nineteen-year-old Jim Brady volunteered for a Marine Corps program that made him a lieutenant in the reserves on the day he graduated college. He didn't plan to find himself in command of a rifle platoon three years later facing a real enemy, but that is exactly what happened after the Chinese turned a so-called police action into a war. The Coldest War vividly describes…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Edition: 5th
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication date: 6/8/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English