American Guerrilla: My War Behind Japanese Lines (Revised) (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781574886917)

During World War II, Roger Hilsman fought in Burma with the legendary Merrill's Marauders until he was machine-gunned. Then, at age twenty-five, he led a battalion of indigenous troops behind Japanese lines. At the war's end, he headed a POW rescue mission to Manchuria, where the prisoners included his own father. An exciting, unusual coming-of-age story, American Guerrilla concludes with reflections on how Hilsman's wartime experiences influenced his involvement in early Vietnam War policymaking when he served in the Kennedy administration.

Author: Roger Hilsman
ISBN-10: 1574886916
ISBN-13: 9781574886917
Publisher: Potomac Books
Language: English
Published: 04/01/2005
Pages: 342
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 7.76h x 5.04w x 0.77d