{"product_id":"war-college-its-complicated-9781734971187","title":"War College: It's Complicated","description":"It's 1964, you're a high school junior, and the Beatles just came to town. Getting your legs blown off by a mine in a jungle 8,000 miles away isn't something you worry about. Basketball, making out with your girlfriend, and drinking beer on Friday nights are your real priorities.\u003cbr\u003eBut then you hear of a kid who got shot and died over there. Then more guys from the next town. Then your former best friend. All blown to hell. All really dead. A war in a place you'd never heard of only months before, is getting closer. \u003cbr\u003eBut eighteen-year-old Jon Taylor living the good life in San Diego isn't worried. He has a \u003cem\u003eplan\u003c\/em\u003e. He's gotten an appointment to the Naval Academy. After graduation, he'll serve his five years, get his MFA from Yale, then pursue a writing career that will make him rich and famous.\u003cbr\u003eEnter the Vietnam War, a duplicitous girlfriend, revoked Naval Academy appointment, low draft number, and Jon's plans are destroyed. Like many of his friends. \u003cem\u003eWar College\u003c\/em\u003e follows the lives of six young men who come to Hiram Scott College in 1965. None of them ever dreamed they'd spend their freshman year in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, at a college no one had ever heard of. But it's better than a Vietnam jungle. Maybe.\u003cbr\u003eWith poignancy, humor, music, and a story of fifty- year friendships, author Mark Donahue weaves a nostalgic tale that could only be told by someone who was there. As the title suggests, \u003cem\u003eWar College, \u003c\/em\u003e like the Vietnam War, is complicated. A story steeped in historical fact, shining a light on both the horrors of war and the joys of youth. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Donahue Literary Properties LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781734971187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.35d","brand":"Mark Donahue","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276364964021,"sku":"9781734971187","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d9754a5c-9244-47b6-bb61-0f79d6651043.jpg?v=1744122966","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/war-college-its-complicated-9781734971187","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}