From the author of the award-winning, best-selling novel Matterhorn, comes a brilliant nonfiction book about warIn 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl Marlantes was dropped into the highland jungle of Vietnam, an inexperienced lieutenant in command of a platoon of forty Marines who would live or die by his decisions. Marlantes survived, but like many of his brothers in arms, he has spent the last forty years dealing with his war experience. In What It Is Like to Go [...]
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GONE TO GRAVEYARDS-an epic novel of the Korean War BOOK TWO
GONE TO GRAVEYARDS-An Epic Novel of the Korean War has a immediate relevance as today, over a half-century after the Korean truce was signed, incredibly the daily headlines portend the ominous threat of North Korea’s nuclear ambition while UN troops still anxiously patrol the Demilitarized Zone at the 38th Parallel. Pundits have variously called the Korean War “a black hole of history” and “The Forgotten War.” Most of the meager legacy of written history about the so-called “ForgottenSale Price: Read [...]
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Cherries : A Vietnam War Novel
It’s 1970 – they’re 18 years old – drafted and trained by the Army Infantry for five months – sent to Vietnam with others their age to fight in an unpopular war – dubbed “Cherries” by their more seasoned peers – nothing had prepared them for this nightmare – forced to become men overnight – working hard to learn the ropes and earn the acceptance and trust of fellow soldiers. Once they come under fire and witness death firsthand, a [...]
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Ice Men: A Novel of the Korean War
“Ice Men” chronicles the pivotal first year of the Korean War, leading up to the clash of three U.S. Army battalions and a Marine division against a far larger Chinese force surrounding them at the Chosin Reservoir. Staying true to history, the novel brings the war to life through three characters: Marine Sergeant Harlan Hood is glad to be in another fight five years after storming the beach at Iwo Jima. His son isn’t so happy. An amiable playboy, Sam [...]
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The Last Jump: A Novel of World War II
Would you like to thank a soldier and help a military family? Read on! The Last Jump is a war story, a mystery, a love tale, and a tribute to the people who won World War II. Fact and fiction intermix seamlessly to unravel a secret passionately guarded by four aging soldiers. The reader is transported back in time to an imperfect America, with all is incredible virtues and vexing shortcomings, struggling with racial and gender issues while fighting for its very survival. It [...]
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Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War
An incredible publishing storywritten over the course of thirty years by a highly decorated Vietnam veteran, a New York Times best seller for sixteen weeks, a National Indie Next and a USA Today best sellerMatterhorn has been hailed as a brilliant account of war” (New York Times Book Review). Now out in paperback, Matterhorn is an epic war novel in the tradition of Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead and James Jones’s The Thin Red Line. It is the [...]
