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China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II
E. B. Sledge
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Description for China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II
Paperback. This is a paperbak buy-in of a cloth edition originally published by The University of Alabama Press in May 2002 at $29.95. OUP published Sledge's previous book, With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa (pbk, 1990), which sold over 85,000 copies and is considered a contemporary classic. Num Pages: 192 pages, 11 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: BGHA; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 136 x 14. Weight in Grams: 236.
Hailed as "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war" by acclaimed author Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed remains the most powerful and moving account of the U.S. Marines in World War II. Now, with his long-awaited sequel, China Marine, E. B. Sledge continues his story where With the Old Breed left off and recounts the compelling conclusion of his Marine career. After Japan's surrender in 1945, Sledge and his company were sent to China to maintain order and to calm the seething cauldron of political and ideological unrest created by opposing factions. His regiment was the ... Read more
Hailed as "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war" by acclaimed author Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed remains the most powerful and moving account of the U.S. Marines in World War II. Now, with his long-awaited sequel, China Marine, E. B. Sledge continues his story where With the Old Breed left off and recounts the compelling conclusion of his Marine career. After Japan's surrender in 1945, Sledge and his company were sent to China to maintain order and to calm the seething cauldron of political and ideological unrest created by opposing factions. His regiment was the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Weight
235g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195167764
SKU
V9780195167764
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About E. B. Sledge
E. B. Sledge was a World War II veteran, author of With the Old Breed, and a professor of biology at the University of Montevallo, Alabama. He died in March 2001.
Reviews for China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II
"Vivid, lively, personally touching.... The book will last. Like With the Old Breed, it will be read, appreciated, and taught, now and for decades to come."
Stephen E. Ambrose, from the Foreword
Stephen E. Ambrose, from the Foreword