Retreat, Hell!
It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. While Douglas MacArthur chomps at the bit, intent on surging across the 38th parallel, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering works desperately to mediate the escalating battle between...
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It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. While Douglas MacArthur chomps at the bit, intent on surging across the 38th parallel, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering works desperately to mediate the escalating battle between MacArthur and President Harry Truman. And somewhere out there, his own daredevil pilot son, Pick, is lost behind enemy lines--and may be lost forever.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780515138610 (0515138614)
Publish date: December 28th 2004
Publisher: Jove
Pages no: 640
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
War,
Military,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Action,
Military History,
Suspense
Series: The Corps (#10)
A satisfying and fitting ending to the Corps series, if somewhat rushed and clunky near the end. I really enjoyed the sections that dealt with the rescue of Pick Pickering and his recuperation in San Diego, as well as Killer McCoy's exposure of Douglas MacArthur's faulty Korean intelligence where Ch...