American Guerrilla: My War Behind Japanese Lines
During World War II, Roger Hilsman fought in Burma with the legendary Merrill's Marauders until he was machine-gunned. Then, at age twenty-five, he led a battalion of indigenous troops behind Japanese lines. At the war's end, he headed a POW rescue mission to Manchuria, where the prisoners included his own father. An exciting, unusual coming-of-age story, American Guerrilla concludes with reflections on how Hilsman's wartime experiences influenced his involvement in early Vietnam War policymaking when he served in the Kennedy administration.
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American Guerrilla: My War Behind Japanese Lines
During World War II, Roger Hilsman fought in Burma with the legendary Merrill's Marauders until he was machine-gunned. Then, at age twenty-five, he led a battalion of indigenous troops behind Japanese lines. At the war's end, he headed a POW rescue mission to Manchuria, where the prisoners included his own father. An exciting, unusual coming-of-age story, American Guerrilla concludes with reflections on how Hilsman's wartime experiences influenced his involvement in early Vietnam War policymaking when he served in the Kennedy administration.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781574886917 |
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Publisher: | Potomac Books |
Publication date: | 04/01/2005 |
Series: | Memories of War |
Edition description: | Revised ed. |
Pages: | 342 |
Product dimensions: | 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d) |
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