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The Coldest Winter: America and the - 9781401300524, hardcover, David Halberstam

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ISBN: 9781401300524

Book Title: Coldest Winter : America and the Korean War

Item Length: 9.5in

Publisher: Hyperion Press

Publication Year: 2007

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Item Height: 1.8in

Author: David Halberstam

Genre: History

Topic: United States / 20th Century, Military / Korean War, Military / United States

Item Width: 6.8in

Item Weight: 40.1 Oz

Number of Pages: 736 Pages

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"In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home." -- The New York Times David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his unrivaled research and formidable journalistic skills to shed light on another pivotal moment in our history: the Korean War. Halberstam considered The Coldest Winter his most accomplished work, the culmination of forty-five years of writing about America's postwar foreign policy. Halberstam gives us a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu River and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides astonishingly vivid and nuanced portraits of all the major figures-Eisenhower, Truman, Acheson, Kim, and Mao, and Generals MacArthur, Almond, and Ridgway. At the same time, Halberstam provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. As ever, Halberstam was concerned with the extraordinary courage and resolve of people asked to bear an extraordinary burden. The Coldest Winter is contemporary history in its most literary and luminescent form, providing crucial perspective on every war America has been involved in since. It is a book that Halberstam first decided to write more than thirty years ago and that took him nearly ten years to complete. It stands as a lasting testament to one of the greatest journalists and historians of our time, and to the fighting men whose heroism it chronicles.

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Coldest Winter : America and the Korean War

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David Halberstam

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2007

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History

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736 Pages

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1.8in

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6.8in

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by lwes3564
Jan 30, 2019Top favorable review
Halberstam's The Coldest Winter: Important History; perfect first edition
If you are a follower of history, especially the long unbroken timeline of man's folly, then David Halberstam should have a place on your bookshelves. I was lucky to find this perfect first edition of his memorable and essential history of the Korean War, "The Coldest Winter." It is a heartbreaking and infuriating story, and, like history itself, so little learned from it. Thank you ebay seller Tiquerjim.If you are a follower of history, especially the long unbroken timeline of man's folly, then David Halberstam should have a place on your bookshelves. I was lucky to find this perfect first edition of his memorable and essential history of the Korean War, "The Coldest Winter." It is a heartbreaking and infuriating story, and, like history itself, so little learned from it. Thank you ebay seller Tiquerjim.
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by ryefish75
Sep 19, 2007
Arguably David Halberstam's final opus, a trimph of men
“The Coldest Winter,” David Halberstam’s final journalistic tribute to heroes, is a fitting tribute to the men of the oft forgotten war. Halberstam’s lengthy career in journalism and author shows in his brilliant writing style that keeps you engrossed in every word. It is not surprising that someone who has written so much about Vietnam, would have a huge resource to draw upon in a work about the Korean War. The Coldest Winter is a story that needed telling, much the way Herodotus told of the men of Thermopylae or, more recently how Stephen Ambrose told of the men of Easy Company in Band of Brothers. Halberstam understood well how most Americans ignore the events and outcome of the Korean Conflict, often, that part of history seems better left untold. The Coldest Winter tells this ... “The Coldest Winter,” David Halberstam’s final journalistic tribute to heroes, is a fitting tribute to the men of the oft forgotten war. Halberstam’s lengthy career in journalism and author shows in his brilliant writing style that keeps you engrossed in every word. It is not surprising that someone who has written so much about Vietnam, would have a huge resource to draw upon in a work about the Korean War. The Coldest Winter is a story that needed telling, much the way Herodotus told of the men of Thermopylae or, more recently how Stephen Ambrose told of the men of Easy Company in Band of Brothers. Halberstam understood well how most Americans ignore the events and outcome of the Korean Conflict, often, that part of history seems better left untold. The Coldest Winter tells this story, and it’s back stories and even it’s substantial post-script. We mustn’t forget that the success of South Korea today owes a debt to the American and U.N. forces who fought there over half a century ago. What Halberstam also does in this book is point out the miserable failings of Generals like MacArthur, long-time sacred cows of military history, whose hubris in later life jeopardized the legacy of any truly heroic deeds of their youth. General Ned Almond is also lambasted for his stubbornness and poor leadership style, which led to unnecessary losses of American and U.N. forces. The Coldest Winter is a hefty book, at over 650 pages, broken into eleven sections over some 53 chapters, but it reads as fast as it reads brilliant. This is the first Halberstam book I have read, I regret that it comes only after his passing. There were certainly more great works to come had he not met his untimely death. REVIEW EVERY BOOK YOU READ, OTHER READERS, PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS DESERVE YOUR OPINIONS TOO.
by hunz148
Jan 01, 2018
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Best book i ever read on the Korean War . A lot of back round information concerning the military leaders and politicians at the time . Highly recommend this book .
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Feb 27, 2009
A forgotten war
In painstaking detail Halberstam traces the course of America's involvement in the Korean war. All the blunders on both sides are exposed. All the heroic actions of United Nations (U.S.) troops. When looked at from more than 50 years later it shows how easily U.S. troops can be sent to find wars than are for all practical purposes unwinnable.
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