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THE COLDEST WINTER by DAVID HALBERSTAM - AUDIO BOOK +TS+
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- ISBN
- 9781401384852
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Compact Disc
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Coldest Winter : America and the Korean War
- Publisher
- Hyperion Press
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- Military / World War II, Military / General, General, WORLD, United States / General
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David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book for the Vietnam War. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his unrivalled research and formidable journalistic skills to shed light on another dark corner in our history: the Korean War. The Coldest Winter is a successor to The Best and the Brightest, even though in historical terms it precedes it. Halberstam considered The Coldest Winter the best book he ever wrote, the culmination of forty-five years of writing about America's postwar foreign policy. Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that. 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, 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. At the heart of the book are the individual stories of the soldiers on the front lines who were left to deal with the consequences of the dangerous misjudgements and competing agendas of powerful men. We meet them, follow them, and see some of the most dreadful battles in history through their eyes. 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, and provides crucial perspective on the Vietnam War and the events of today. It was a book that Halberstam first decided to write more than thirty years ago and that took him nearly ten years to write. 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. Includes an Afterword by Russell Baker.
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Publisher
Hyperion Press
ISBN-10
1401384854
ISBN-13
9781401384852
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60188561
Product Key Features
Book Title
Coldest Winter : America and the Korean War
Format
Compact Disc
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Military / General, General, WORLD, United States / General
Publication Year
2007
Genre
History
Dimensions
Item Length
5.8in.
Item Height
1.6in.
Item Width
5.4in.
Item Weight
11.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Age Range
18
Number of Volumes
7 Vols.
Grade from
Eighth Grade
Grade to
College Graduate Beginner
Edition Description
Unabridged Edition,Abridged Edition
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
951.904/240973
Dewey Edition
22
Number of Pages
20 Pages
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