Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953
by Watson, Brent Byron
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- ISBN 13
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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 in the Far East." About the Author: Brent Byron Watson is a Canadian National Defense Headquarters defense policy officer.
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- Title
- Far Eastern Tour: The Canadian Infantry in Korea, 1950-1953
- Author
- Watson, Brent Byron
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0773523723
- ISBN 13
- 9780773523722
- Publisher
- McGill Queens Univ Pr,
- Place of Publication
- Montreal
- Date Published
- 2002
- Size
- 8 vo
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