{"product_id":"the-marine-a-novel-of-war-from-guadalcanal-to-korea-paperback","title":"The Marine: A Novel of War from Guadalcanal to Korea - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Brady\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rousing new Marine Corps adventure from the author of the\u003ci\u003e New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003ci\u003eWarning of War\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Marines of Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Marine is Colonel James (\"Oliver\") Cromwell, a warrior forged at Notre Dame and the Berlin of Hitler's Olympics, and honed by combat at Guadalcanal as one of Carlson's Marine Raiders. With the world at peace, the thirty-five-year old Cromwell is restlessly, if pleasantly, beached on garrison duty in California, aware of how much he misses the war, when he is ordered to fresh duty beyond the seas, as military attaché to the American ambassador in a dull Asian backwater half a world away. There, at dawn on a June Sunday, Ollie gets his wish for action. Korea violently erupts and Colonel Cromwell is caught up in the early, panicked, rout. While South Koreans cut and run, the first GIs hurried into battle are brushed aside by advancing Red tanks and tough peasant infantry. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Marine\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the war-hardened Cromwell's experience of the dramatic First Hundred Days of a brutal three-year Korean War, the chaos and cowardice of retreat, the last-ditch gallantry of the Pusan Perimeter, MacArthur's brilliant left hook sending Marines against the deadly seawall at Inchon, and the bloody assault to liberate Seoul and promote MacArthur's 1952 presidential ambitions. Ollie Cromwell's is the story of a \"forgotten war\" that never truly ended, but for a bitter truce along what a recent U.S. president called \"the most dangerous border in the world.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Marine\u003c\/i\u003e, James Brady crafts a powerful novel of one man's service to his country and Corps.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for James Brady\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brady has emerged as one of the best novelists of his generation.\"---Dan Rather \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Brady knows war, the smell and the feel of it.\"---\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Mr. Brady captures the heart and soul of the Marine Corps in this stunning new novel. [He] writes with passion and great insight.\" Nelson DeMille, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lion's Game\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brady has stormed publishing high ground to become, arguably, our foremost novelist currently writing on the subject of Marines at war.\"---\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Marines of Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e is right up there with the very best of combat writing and is destined to become one of the defining novels of the genre.\"---Nelson DeMille, author of\u003ci\u003e The Lion's Game\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Marines of Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece that recalls the era with awesome authenticity. The novel's outcome is one of thunderous dramatic beauty and power.\"---\u003ci\u003eThe Associated Press \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Brady \u003c\/b\u003ecommanded a Marine rifle platoon during the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star for valor. He wrote weekly for \u003ci\u003eParade Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and for \u003ci\u003eAdvertising Age\u003c\/i\u003e. He lived in Manhattan and in East Hampton, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 303\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54726715834659,"sku":"9780312331054","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/4836\/2275\/files\/dUR2alRNRWw5UkpxV3NVV2NSLzZ2Zz09.webp?v=1770779694","url":"https:\/\/chaptersafterdarkbookstore.com\/products\/the-marine-a-novel-of-war-from-guadalcanal-to-korea-paperback","provider":"Chapters After Dark Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}