Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953 Tapa dura - 2002

McGill Queens Univ Pr, 2002. Book. As New. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 256 Pages .

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002 First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 238 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Fine/Fine.

Montreal: McGill-Queens, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 238

McGill-Queen's University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. First Edition; First Printing. Hard Cover. 0773523723 . Tight, clean and crisp. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not price clipped. Not ex-library. An excellent copy protected in a new Mylar cover. Like New. ; 1.03 x 9.24 x 6.4 Inches; 256 pages .

McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002. Hard Cover. Good.

Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press [0-7735-2372-3] 2002. (Hardcover) Near fine in fine dust jacket. 238pp. Notes, bibliography, index. Minor notation and marking in the text. Locale: Korea. (Military--Canada, Korean War, Military--Canada).

Inscribed by the author otherwise a tight and unmarked copy-Though there are many popular accounts of the Canadian Army in Korea, Watson (history, Okanagan U. College) found the lack of a study revealing the realities and practical details of the infantry's wartime experience to be a gap in military history that may well have contributed to Canadian failures since then, especially in Somalia. After interviewing veterans and reading official documents, he finds that the experience was not as glorious as popular books and films portray. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR - What was serving in the infantry during Canada's Forgotten War like? In this text, Brent Watson tells the story of the Korean War from the perspective of Canadian soldiers. Dealing with the fiasco surrounding recruitment, a training regime inappropriate for the war they were to fight, and the stark living and combat conditions the soldiers faced, Watson examines the human consequences of an Army totally unprepared for service… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.