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The new breed

The new breed

by William E. Butterworth III

1987Congo (Democratic Republic) Civil War, 1960-1965FictionHistoryFiction, historicalFiction, war & military
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First lines

Lyndon Baines Johnson, the President of the United States, was sitting on a small couch in the Oval Office.

About this book

From the blistering jungles of Vietnam to the far-flung battlefields of the African Congo, they faced the turmoil of a new era. It was a different kind of war. But the courage and skill of these young fighting men were an American tradition. Like their fathers before them, they rose up to the ultimate challenge of military valor, holding their own in a storm of clashing cultures. They were America's new breed. The proudest and the best...

Themes & subjects

Congo (Democratic Republic) Civil War, 1960-1965FictionHistoryFiction, historicalFiction, war & militaryFiction, men's adventure
First published 1987

Setting

Congo (Democratic Republic)Civil War, 1960-1965

About the author

William E. Butterworth III
William E. Butterworth III

November 10, 1929 – February 12, 2019

William Edmund Butterworth III, better known by his pen name W. E. B. Griffin, is an American writer of military and detective fiction with 38 novels in six series published under that name. He has also published under 11 other pseudonyms and three versions of his real name (W. E. Butterworth, William E. Butterworth, and most recently William E. Butterworth III). - Wikipedia

Author

William E. Butterworth III

First published

1987

Pages

398

Read time

≈ 10h

Editions

12

Language

English

Publisher

Brilliance Audio

ISBN

9780736631495

Where to buy

TR
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