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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by Halberstam, David

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Binding
Hardcover
Weight
2 lbs
Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
Yes
ISBN
1401300529
Book Title
Coldest Winter : America and the Korean War
Item Length
9.5 in
Publisher
Hyperion Press
Publication Year
2007
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
1.8 in
Author
David Halberstam
Genre
History
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / Korean War, Military / United States
Item Width
6.8 in
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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Publisher
Hyperion Press
ISBN-10
1401300529
ISBN-13
9781401300524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
60216457

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Book Title
Coldest Winter : America and the Korean War
Author
David Halberstam
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
United States / 20th Century, Military / Korean War, Military / United States
Publication Year
2007
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Number of Pages
736 Pages

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Item Length
9.5 in
Item Height
1.8 in
Item Width
6.8 in
Item Weight
40.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

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Lc Classification Number
Ds919.H35 2007
Grade from
Eighth Grade
Grade to
College Graduate Student
Copyright Date
2007
Lccn
2007-001635
Dewey Decimal
951.904/240973
Dewey Edition
22

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  • by lwes3564
    31 Jan, 2019Top favourable 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.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: tiquerjim

  • by ryefish75
    20 Sep, 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 ...

  • by hunz148
    02 Jan, 2018

    Informative

    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 .

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: thrift.books

  • by 7qI6nQv5TuO@Deleted
    28 Feb, 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.

  • by jtd-6337
    31 Mar, 2023

    Great read

    I love the book which is why I bought

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-ownedSold by: second.sale

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