A Dirty Distant War - Hardcover

Nathanson, E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670803340 ISBN 13: 9780670803347

Publisher: Viking, 1987

Synopsis

Major John Reisman is caught in a web of deception and betrayal on a mission to Southeast Asia during the final days of the Second World War

About this title

About the Author:

Before turning to writing novels full-time, E.M. Nathanson worked for newspapers and magazines in New York, Los Angeles and Washington D.C. His novel The Dirty Dozen became a hugely successful motion picture. He now lives in South Laguna, California.

From Publishers Weekly:

This surprisingly rich sequel to Nathanson's The Dirty Dozen begins with OSS Maj. John Reisman switching from the European to the Pacific theater and parachuting into Burma to try to prevent conflict between two of America's allies, the Kachin tribesmen and the Kuomintang of bordering China. Conflicts and the peculiarly shifting Asian alliances comprise this book's themespolitics that, as history shows, resulted in still more turmoil in postwar Asia. Reisman's assignment leads him from Burma to China, where he learns of treachery among warlords and secret collaboration with the Japanese. Then it takes him to Vietnam and an unusual arrangement with the young Ho Chi Minh. In addition to action a-plenty, the narrative contains richly textured portrayals of the intersecting cultures and the sophisticated relationship of politics to this (or any) war. Assiduously researched, Nathanson's accomplished novel is an outstanding read. 35,000 first printing.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0670803340
• ISBN 13: 9780670803347
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 496