{"product_id":"warning-of-war-a-novel-of-the-north-china-marines-paperback","title":"Warning of War: A Novel of the North China Marines - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames Brady\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Marines of Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLate November of 1941. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHalf the world is at war and with the other half about to join in, a thousand U.S. Marines stand sentinel over the last days of an uneasy truce between ourselves and the Imperial Japanese Army in chaotic North China. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy November 27, FDR is convinced Japan is about to launch a military action. Washington doesn't know where, isn't sure precisely when. But the Cabinet is sufficiently alarmed that War Secretary Henry Stimson and Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox are authorized to send an immediate and coded warning of war to American bases and units in harm's way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Shanghai two cruise ships are chartered and 800 armed American Marines are marched through the great port city with enormous pomp and circumstance and embarked for Manila. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnother 200 Marines, unable to reach Shanghai, and serving in small garrisons and posts from Peking to Mongolia and the Gobi Desert, are caught short by this warning of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is their story. Of how a detachment of American Marines marooned in North China as war erupts, set out on an epic march through hostile territory in an attempt to fight their way out of China and, somehow, rejoin their Corps for the war against Japan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Brady dazzles us once again with a stunning and unflinching look at America at war. \u003ci\u003eWarning of War\u003c\/i\u003e is a moving tribute to sheer courage, determination, and Marine Corps discipline, and is a wonderful celebration of America in one of its darkest but finest hours.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eWarning of War: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrady has emerged as one of the best novelists of his generation.--Dan Rather \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrady has stormed publishing high ground to become, arguably, our foremost novelist currently writing on the subject of Marines at war. Authentic atmospherics and crackling action are sure to keep fans turning the pages of this newest Brady combat thriller.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrady sculpts an image of an ideal Marine.--\u003ci\u003eThe Los Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColorful and pithy, Warning of War is the most enjoyment one can have reading an adventure war novel.--\u003ci\u003eLeatherneck \u003c\/i\u003emagazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn enthralling read! James Brady captures the proud swagger of real Marine esprit-de-corps and the true hard-edged violence of close combat during a time that deserves the Brady spotlight. Warning of War is a must-read.--General James L. Jones, U.S. Marine Corps \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJames Bradys tremendously engaging tale has captured the drama and desperation of a unique and nearly forgotten facet of American history.--Lieutenant Colonel Jon Hoffman, U.S. Marine Corps, author of\u003ci\u003e Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis Puller, USMC\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Marines of Autumn: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Korean War now has its own Iliad, historically precise and harrowingly poetic.--Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMr. Brady knows war, the smell and the feel of it.--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Marines of Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e is right up there with the very best of combat writing and is destined to become one of the defining novels of the genre.--Nelson DeMille, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lion's Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Brady\u003c\/b\u003e was a baby-faced marine commanding a combat platoon during the Korean War. He captured these experiences in his highly praised memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Coldest War \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eThe Marines of Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e. His weekly columns for \u003ci\u003eAdvertising Age\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParade \u003c\/i\u003emagazines were considered must-reads by millions. 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