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ISBN
9780312265113
EAN
9780312265113
Book Title
Coldest War : a Memoir of Korea
Item Length
9in
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Publication Year
2000
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Item Height
0.6in
Author
James Brady
Features
Revised
Genre
History
Topic
Military / Korean War
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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America's "forgotten war" lasted just thirty-seven months, yet 54,246 Americans died in that time -- nearly as many as died in ten years in Vietnam. On the fiftieth anniversary of this devastating conflict, James Brady tells the story of his life as a young marine lieutenant in Korea. In 1947, seeking to avoid the draft, nineteen-year-old Jim Brady volunteered for a Marine Corps program that made him a lieutenant in the reserves on the day he graduated college. He didn't plan to find himself in command of a rifle platoon three years later facing a real enemy, but that is exactly what happened after the Chinese turned a so-called police action into a war. The Coldest War vividly describes Brady's rapid education in the realities of war and the pressures of command. Opportunities for bold offensives sink in the miasma of trench warfare; death comes in fits and starts as too-accurate artillery on both sides seeks out men in their bunkers; constant alertness is crucial for survival, while brutal cold and a seductive silence conspire to lull soldiers into an often fatal stupor. The Korean War affected the lives of all Americans, yet is little known beyond the antics of "M*A*S*H." Here is the inside story that deserves to be told, and James Brady is a powerful witness to a vital chapter of our history.

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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
0312265115
ISBN-13
9780312265113
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1640687

Product Key Features

Book Title
Coldest War : a Memoir of Korea
Author
James Brady
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Features
Revised
Topic
Military / Korean War
Publication Year
2000
Genre
History
Number of Pages
256 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz

Additional Product Features

Edition Description
Revised Edition
Edition Number
5
Reviews
"War reporting at its best - a graphic depiction, in all its horror, of the war we've almost forgotten... Jim Brady has used his finely honed reportorial skills to record his own front-line experiences in the Korean War. His story reads like a novel." --Walter Cronkite "A marvelous memoir. A sensitive and superbly written narrative that eventually explodes off the pages like a grenade in the gut... Taut, tight, and telling. Jim Brady proves again that he is one of the most underrated writers in American books." -- Dan Rather "It is about time somebody wrote about the personal side of the Korean War - the forgotten war. It is a gripping and honest book. Everyone prone to think simply about war should read it." -- Jim Lehrer, It is about time somebody wrote about the personal side of the Korean War - the forgotten war. It is a gripping and honest book. Everyone prone to think simply about war should read it., "War reporting at its best - a graphic depiction, in all its horror, of the war we've almost forgotten... Jim Brady has used his finely honed reportorial skills to record his own front-line experiences in the Korean War. His story reads like a novel." -- Walter Cronkite "A marvelous memoir. A sensitive and superbly written narrative that eventually explodes off the pages like a grenade in the gut... Taut, tight, and telling. Jim Brady proves again that he is one of the most underrated writers in American books." -- Dan Rather "It is about time somebody wrote about the personal side of the Korean War - the forgotten war. It is a gripping and honest book. Everyone prone to think simply about war should read it." -- Jim Lehrer, Praise for The Coldest War : "War reporting at its best - a graphic depiction, in all its horror, of the war we've almost forgotten... Jim Brady has used his finely honed reportorial skills to record his own front-line experiences in the Korean War. His story reads like a novel." --Walter Cronkite "A marvelous memoir. A sensitive and superbly written narrative that eventually explodes off the pages like a grenade in the gut... Taut, tight, and telling. Jim Brady proves again that he is one of the most underrated writers in American books." -- Dan Rather "It is about time somebody wrote about the personal side of the Korean War - the forgotten war. It is a gripping and honest book. Everyone prone to think simply about war should read it." -- Jim Lehrer, War reporting at its best - a graphic depiction, in all its horror, of the war we've almost forgotten... Jim Brady has used his finely honed reportorial skills to record his own front-line experiences in the Korean War. His story reads like a novel., A marvelous memoir. A sensitive and superbly written narrative that eventually explodes off the pages like a grenade in the gut... Taut, tight, and telling. Jim Brady proves again that he is one of the most underrated writers in American books.
Dewey Decimal
951.904/2 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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    I DECIDE TO BUY THIS BOOK,BECAUSE I HAD A BROTHER TO FIGHT IN KOREA.I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO UNDERSTAND,HOW 54,000 AMERICANS DIED,AND OUR GOVERMENT CALL IT A POLICE ACTION,MY BROTHER WAS IN THE 2INVASION OF INCHON,HE FOUGHT AGANIST,NORTH KOREA,CHINA RUSSIA,.AFTER THE WAR MY BROTHER CAME WENT TO WORK FOR NUCLEAR FULE SERVICE,AND WORK FOR 32 YEARS BEFORE OUR GOVERMENT PULLED HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE,AND FORCED HIM TO RETIRE,TO KEEP HIS INSURANCE,AFTER APPELLE,HIS SECURITY CLEARANCE WAS RESTORED,MY BROTHER DIED IN JUNE 1997OF BONE CANCER.THIS BOOK TALKS,ABOUT THE AMERICAN FIGHTING MEN, AND WOMEN,ABOUT HOW THEY WILL PERSEVER,IN UNDBELIVEABALE HARDSHIH.THANK YOU,HUBERT METCALF JR

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