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Honorable Survivor: Mao's China, McCarthy's America, and the Persecution of John S. Service
Lynne Joiner
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Description for Honorable Survivor: Mao's China, McCarthy's America, and the Persecution of John S. Service
Hardcover. A true story of intrigue, adventure, persecution, and redemption, "Honorable Survivor" chronicles the experiences of John S. Service, an idealistic U.S. Foreign Service officer in wartime China who faced persecution during the Cold War. Num Pages: 450 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; HBLW; HBTW; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 746.
Honorable Survivor weaves John S. Service’s extraordinary story into the fabric of a watershed moment in our history when World War II was ending, the Cold War was dawning, and the McCarthy era witch-hunters were stirring. A true story of intrigue, adventure, persecution, and redemption–and the love of a loyal American wife and a Chinese lover, this biography chronicles the experiences of John S. Service. Emmy award-winning journalist Lynne Joiner tells the tale of Service, an idealistic U.S. Foreign Service officer in wartime China who had the misfortune of often being right although U.S. policymakers refused to heed ... Read more
Honorable Survivor weaves John S. Service’s extraordinary story into the fabric of a watershed moment in our history when World War II was ending, the Cold War was dawning, and the McCarthy era witch-hunters were stirring. A true story of intrigue, adventure, persecution, and redemption–and the love of a loyal American wife and a Chinese lover, this biography chronicles the experiences of John S. Service. Emmy award-winning journalist Lynne Joiner tells the tale of Service, an idealistic U.S. Foreign Service officer in wartime China who had the misfortune of often being right although U.S. policymakers refused to heed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
450
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781591144236
SKU
V9781591144236
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Ref
99-3
About Lynne Joiner
Lynne Joiner is an award-winning broadcast journalist, news anchor, and documentary filmmaker. Her work has included assignments for CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, NPR, Christian Science Monitor Radio, Newsweek, and L.A. Times Magazine. She is currently a news consultant for Shanghai International Television. She lives in San Francisco, CA, USA.
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