Failure to Heed

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Failure to Heed
Authors and Contributors      By (author) William Lee Burch
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:398
Dimensions(mm): Height 228,Width 152
Category/GenreAsian and Middle Eastern history
Korean war
ISBN/Barcode 9781543939880
ClassificationsDewey:813.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher BookBaby
Imprint BookBaby
Publication Date 21 October 2018
Publication Country United States

Description

After some long and arduous years, the extensive loss and destruction of World War II is finally history. At last there are human hopes that peace on Earth is possible. Unfortunately, the atomic bombs used to end that war have opened up a "Cold War," bringing other nations into the quest to possess nuclear weapons. Within only five short years, the ideals of democracy and communism will clash violently in an Asian nation called Korea. Failure to Heed is fictional account of those years and how a good many flawed decisions affected one farm family as well as all Americans into the next century and beyond.

Author Biography

After serving in the Cold War military, the author joined a burgeoning west coast aerospace missile program for the next three decades. After retiring from the often stressful world of space launches, there was finally time to pursue the more creative endeavor of writing his thoughts and putting them into novel form. Failure to Heed is his fourth and most challenging novel. He still lives in California with his wife, Jean, and three loyal dogs of various descriptions.