Robert Laxalt

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A Private War: An American Code Officer in the Belgian Congo

Beschreibung

In this vivid memoir, Laxalt recalls his service during WWII as a code officer in the Belgian Congo. In this remote jungle outpost, a secret war was being fought for control of the world’s future. Deep in the Congo lay a mine that produced a little-known substance called uranium, and for reasons no one then understood, the Allies and the Germans were struggling ferociously to control this mine and its ore. The cloth edition is a limited numbered, signed edition.

Autor

Robert Laxalt grew up in Carson City, Nevada. He attended Santa Clara University in California and later graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno. He joined the staff of the University of Nevada in 1954, serving first as director of News and Publications and later as director of the University of Nevada Press, which he founded. He was named a Reynolds Distinguished Visiting Professor and was the first occupant of the Distinguished Nevada Author Chair. The author of seventeen books and many national magazine articles, his work has received international critical acclaim. He lived in Washoe Valley until his death in 2001.

Produktdetails

• Battle Born
• Verlag: University of Nevada Press
• New
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: September 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 188mm x 115mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 136g
• ISBN-13: 9780874173246
• ISBN-10: 0874173248
• Artikelnr.: 21643027