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Coldest War, The - A Memoir of Korea

By: Orion Books

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Orion Books)


Product Info

Title
Coldest War, The - A Memoir of Korea
Publisher
Category
Author
James Brady
Publish Year
1990
Pages
248
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1"
NKG Part #
2147571611
Type
Hardcover

Description

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.