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The colonels

The colonels

by William E. Butterworth III

1983Fiction, historical, generalFiction, men's adventureFiction, war & militaryLowell, craig (fictitious character), fictionFiction
2.0
Open Library
Open Library

First lines

Paul Hanrahan, a trim, pleasant-faced, balding Irish-American, was wearing what he thought of as his civilian class "A" whites: white shirt, white tie, white linen suit, and white shoes.

About this book

They were the professionals, the men who had been toughened by combat in the mine-laden fields of Europe, in Korea, in Greece, in Indochina. Now, in the twilight of a dying decade, they must return to the United States to forge a new type of American soldier--one to be tested on the beaches of Cuba and in a new war yet to come...

Themes & subjects

Fiction, historical, generalFiction, men's adventureFiction, war & militaryLowell, craig (fictitious character), fictionFictionFiction, historical
First published 1983

Setting

United States

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

1983

Pages

470

Read time

≈ 12h

Editions

15

Language

English

Publisher

Jove

ISBN

9780736629829

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