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U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General Evans Carlson (1896–1947) and America's Long War for China, 1937–1950

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Evans F. Carlson (1896–1947).
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Evans F. Carlson (1896–1947). 

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Stephen R. Platt's book The Raider tells the story of World War II hero Evans Carlson, commander of America's first special forces, and how his conflicted idealism about the Chinese communists led to his undoing during the McCarthy era.