{"product_id":"war-college-its-complicated-paperback","title":"War College: It's Complicated - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Donahue\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1964, you're a high school junior, and the Beatles just came to town. Getting your legs blown off by a mine in a jungle 8,000 miles away isn't something you worry about. Basketball, making out with your girlfriend, and drinking beer on Friday nights are your real priorities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then you hear of a kid who got shot and died over there. Then more guys from the next town. Then your former best friend. All blown to hell. All really dead. A war in a place you'd never heard of only months before, is getting closer. \u003cbr\u003eBut eighteen-year-old Jon Taylor living the good life in San Diego isn't worried. He has a \u003cem\u003eplan\u003c\/em\u003e. He's gotten an appointment to the Naval Academy. After graduation, he'll serve his five years, get his MFA from Yale, then pursue a writing career that will make him rich and famous.\u003cbr\u003eEnter the Vietnam War, a duplicitous girlfriend, revoked Naval Academy appointment, low draft number, and Jon's plans are destroyed. Like many of his friends. \u003cem\u003eWar College\u003c\/em\u003e follows the lives of six young men who come to Hiram Scott College in 1965. None of them ever dreamed they'd spend their freshman year in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, at a college no one had ever heard of. But it's better than a Vietnam jungle. Maybe.\u003cbr\u003eWith poignancy, humor, music, and a story of fifty- year friendships, author Mark Donahue weaves a nostalgic tale that could only be told by someone who was there. As the title suggests, \u003cem\u003eWar College, \u003c\/em\u003e like the Vietnam War, is complicated. A story steeped in historical fact, shining a light on both the horrors of war and the joys of youth. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 164\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47263662571769,"sku":"9781734971187","price":18.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/8hec-n6vaJ9781734971187.webp?v=1768822225","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/war-college-its-complicated-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}