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The Raider: A New England Runaway, the Chinese Communists, and the Birth of U.S. Marine Special Forces in World War II Stephen R. Platt. Knopf, $32 (544p) ISBN 978-0-525-65801-6 ...
Crowned young and doomed from the start, Æthelred ruled an England torn apart by Viking raids and internal betrayal. His legacy? Chaos and bloodshed.