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America and the Korean War

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The coldest winter

America and the Korean War

1st ed.
  • 4.0 (2 ratings) ·
  • 11 Want to read
  • 4 Have read

Around Thanksgiving, 1950, while the rest of the country paid as little attention as possible, units of the Second Infantry Division were virtually annihilated by forces of the People’s Republic Army. It was a defeat which shocked an otherwise disinterested and distant nation. In The Coldest Winter, award-winning reporter and historian David Halberstam explodes this moment in time, using it as a jumping off point to delve into the Korean War’s particular horrors and triumphs. Using first-person interviews and detailed historical research, Halberstam exposes the truth about this underreported war by examining the geopolitics involved and also showing it from the vantage of the men whose poor fortune it was to be on history’s cutting edge. The book contains portrayals of ordinary soldiers as well as of McArthur, Eisenhower, and other major players.

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Hyperion
Language
English
Pages
719

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New York, NY

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Library of Congress
DS, DS919 .H35 2007, DS919.H35 2007

The Physical Object

Pagination
719 p. :
Number of pages
719

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22764655M
Internet Archive
coldestwinterame0000halb_a8s2
ISBN 13
9781401300524
LCCN
2007001635
OCLC/WorldCat
137324872
Library Thing
3418684
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448135

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