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This is a dramatic story of two young men from vastly different cultures who are brought together by world events beyond their control.
Ivan Medved, born into the wealth and pageantry of Imperial Russia, travels a path that transforms him...

by Otto J. Lehrack (Author)

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Part of: Modern War Studies (162 books)

Winner: General Wallace M. Greene Award

“No more Vietnams!”

A quarter century after the war in Vietnam, that battle cry brought a flag-waving nation to its feet and ignited the superpatriotism of the Gulf War era. But...

Operation Starlite is a graphic account of the first major clash of the Vietnam War. On August 18, 1965, regiment fought regiment on the Van Tuong Peninsula near the new Marine base at Chu Lai. On the American side were three battalions of Marines under the command of Colonel Oscar Peatross, a hero of two previous wars. His opponent was the 1st...