Crash Course: From the Good War to the Forever War

by H. Bruce Franklin

Book Overview

Growing up during the Second World War, H. Bruce Franklin believed what he was told: that America's victory would lead to a new era of world peace. Like most Americans, he was soon led to believe in a world-wide Communist conspiracy that menaced the United States, forcing the nation into a disastrous war in Korea. But once he joined the U.S. Air Force and began flying top-secret missions as a navigator and intelligence officer, what he learned was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978800916
• ISBN13: 9781978800915
• Release Date: September 2018
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher