The Trained Killers (Hardcover)

You gonna leave here a warriah, a trained killah Gonna come a time when you life gonna depend on it, so pay attenshun June 25, 1950: North Korean armed forces, supported by the Soviet Union and China, drive deep into the heart of South Korea. They are met by the United States' First Marine Division, and a draft is instituted back home. Able-bodied young men enrolled in college for critical skills receive temporary deferment; upon graduation they are obliged to serve a six-year term. July 27, 1953: An uneasy armistice is signed. The Cold War has suddenly gotten much hotter, and the draft remains in full effect. Two years later, a crop of college graduates in engineering and the sciences arrive at Fort Dix, New Jersey, for basic training and the start of their service with the Scientific and Professional Detachment. Author Joseph N. Manfredo's The Trained Killers brings us the story of the troops of the S&P Detachment as they serve their country and the conflicting demands of their twin gods-science and the military-with dignity, wit, and verve. In his humorous, true-to-life style, Manfredo recounts the lab work with rockets and explosives ...and the night furnace duty, Kitchen Police, and specially designed work details.October 4, 1957: Russians launch Sputnik. The honor and challenge of spurring on American technological advance falls to the engineers, scientists, and scullions of the S&P Detachment, uniquely equipped as they are for the days ahead.

General

Imprint:	Trafford Publishing
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	August 2011
Authors:	Joseph N. Manfredo
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With printed dust jacket
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-1-4269-7434-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military
LSN:	1-4269-7434-5
Barcode:	9781426974342

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