The Gentle Warrior: General Oliver Prince Smith, Usmc
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Book Details
Author(s)
Clifton LA Bree
Publisher
Kent State Univ Pr
ISBN / ASIN
0873386868
ISBN-13
9780873386869
Marketplace
France 🇫🇷
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Description
In November 1950, United Nations forces in Korea narrowly escaped being overrun by Chinese Communist forces, due to the military expertise of General Oliver Prince Smith. Using the general's own notes and diaries, this book describes Smith's long and distinguished career, his command in Iceland in 1940, in the Pacific campaigns, and in Korea. The general's wartime dealings witrh military and political leaders is also discussed, paying tribute to a man called the "gentle warrior".
