Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War

from Schmerguls

This is the last book Halberstam wrote, he having finished it five days before he was killed in a car accident on 23 Apr 2007. It tells ths story of the Korean War in considerable detail up to the summer of 1951, and then sketches the remaining events, with an Epilogue which I thought detracted f...

from marient

Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. 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 caug...

from ksmyth

David Halberstam's last book is a substantial volume on the Korean War. However, don't be misled. This is not a history of the entire war. Rather it is an examination of the year 1950-51, decisions made by General MacArthur in his running of the war, and the conflicts between MacArthur and the Tr...

from Kristelh

Journalist, deceased 2007, Halberstam writes of North Korea war so much more, covering the presidents Roosevelt to Johnson and political vs military agendas and the history covering the US after WWII and the cold war following. I did not know much about the Korean War. My dad was there but like m...

from SeriousGrace

The interesting thing about the Korean War is that most were reluctant to call it an actual war. Those that admitted to it being a conflict were convinced it would be over in no time. What started in June of 1950 as a "clash" between North Korea and South Korea turned into a war of attrition when...