Old Gods, New Nations: A Memoir of War, Peace, and Nation Building

by Eugene Staples

Old Gods, New Nations celebrates a life lived intensely on the far horizons of the world while America built something like an empire on the ruins of World War II and the victory of the Cold War. As a Marine Corps fighter pilot, author Eugene ( Rocky ) Staples flew Corsairs in combat against the Japanese in World War II. As a journalist and foreign service officer in the postwar years, he reported on and subsequently fought in the political and propaganda...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595675395
• ISBN13: 9780595675395
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 388 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"