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Author:   Franklin Cox
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.295kg
ISBN:  

9780786447190

ISBN 10:   0786447192
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   06 April 2010
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Preface      PART I: FORWARD OBSERVER 1. We Never Promised You a Rose Garden      2. Landing at Red Beach      3. Forward Observer      4. Ambush      5. Hearts and Minds      6. Night Vertical Assault      7. Her Majesty      8. Surrounded      9. A Captain of Marines      10. Anger      11. The Lieutenants      PART II: HEROES AND GOATS 12. A Culture Like No Other      13. Okinawa      14. Second Battalion, Ninth Marines Headquarters      15. Cam Ne Burning      16. The Loser      17. Disaster      18. Gooks      19. Meltdown      20. The Disappearance of First Lieutenant James T. Egan, Jr.      21. Twenty Minutes of Terror: Night Sapper Attack      22. Random Chaos      PART III: HOPES AND DREAMS 23. Her      24. Short Timer      25. Irony      26. Residuals: Denial, Anger, and Risk-Taking      27. Mao, Ho, and United States Policy      Glossary      Index     

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The ethos of Marines in battle has never been captured better. Franklin Cox is the new balladeer of the USMC. -- Robert Coram, author of Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War Robert Coram, author of Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

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Franklin Cox is CEO of Pecan Productions Studios, Inc. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

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