ISBN: 0312265115
Author: James Brady
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; F First Paperback Edition edition (June 8, 2000)
Pages: 256
Category: Genre Fiction
Subcategory: Literature
Rating: 4.7
Votes: 356
Size Fb2: 1462 kb
Size ePub: 1620 kb
Size Djvu: 1947 kb
Other formats: lit mbr txt azw
The Coldest War: A Memoir. has been added to your Cart. Brady's story begins with his arrival in Korea in November 1951. By then, the North Koreans (with the Chinese) and the UN armies stood facing each other halfway down the Korean peninsula.
The Coldest War: A Memoir. With the region's harsh winter approaching, neither army was preparing any great offensives. Brady's narrative reveals the boredom and physical discomfort of being on the front line for weeks at a time, offset only by the sheer terror of night attacks or patrols crossing the minefields.
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. 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
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The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea. The Coldest War - James Brady. Korea was a strange war in a strange land, a war the generals warned we should never fight, a ground war on the Asian mainland against the Chinese. 1. The Korean War, which President Truman called a police action and Averell Harriman a sour little war, and which today is largely forgotten, began forty years ago, on the morning of Sunday, June 25, 1950, when 90,000 North Korean troops pushed across the 38th Parallel and came south. It anointed few heroes, ended MacArthur’s career, helped elect Ike.
The Coldest War. By Thriftbooks. com User, July 6, 2000. Mr Brady presents an excellent narrative of the miseries faced by combat marines in the latter stages of the unheralded Korean Conflict. The book is about one of the most miserable places in the world to wage a war. Korea in 1950 was unheard of by many Americans, but the U. S. Marines were sent there to help defend South Korea from the expected Chinese invasion. I recommend this to all persons interested in military history of any type. A Memoir of Korea. James Brady It is a gripping and honest book. Everyone prone to think simply about war should read it. -Jim Lehrer. St. Martin's Griffin. 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. It is a gripping and honest book.
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Korean War Military History Books. The Coldest War : A Memoir of Korea. This button opens a dialog that displays additional images for this product with the option to zoom in or out. Tell us if something is incorrect. Brady is the author of the Hampton series and "The Marines of Autumn", and writes weekly columns for "Parade".
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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