The Coldest Winter
Trade cloth edition in very good condition. Dust jacket with intact price point. Full number line starting with 1. Mylar cover included.
“Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse, it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before the battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.”
Halberstam once again used his research and journalistic skills to shed light on another pivotal moment in our history: the Korean War. He considered The Coldest Winter his most accomplished work, the culmination of 45 years of writing about America’s postwar foreign policy. He gives 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 that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides 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, he provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. As ever, he 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 American has been involved in since. It is a book that Halberstam first decided to write over 30 years ago that took him nearly a decade 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.
Trade cloth edition in very good condition. Dust jacket with intact price point. Full number line starting with 1. Mylar cover included.
“Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse, it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before the battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.”
Halberstam once again used his research and journalistic skills to shed light on another pivotal moment in our history: the Korean War. He considered The Coldest Winter his most accomplished work, the culmination of 45 years of writing about America’s postwar foreign policy. He gives 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 that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides 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, he provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. As ever, he 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 American has been involved in since. It is a book that Halberstam first decided to write over 30 years ago that took him nearly a decade 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.
Trade cloth edition in very good condition. Dust jacket with intact price point. Full number line starting with 1. Mylar cover included.
“Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefield and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse, it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before the battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.”
Halberstam once again used his research and journalistic skills to shed light on another pivotal moment in our history: the Korean War. He considered The Coldest Winter his most accomplished work, the culmination of 45 years of writing about America’s postwar foreign policy. He gives 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 that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides 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, he provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. As ever, he 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 American has been involved in since. It is a book that Halberstam first decided to write over 30 years ago that took him nearly a decade 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.
ISBN 978-1-4013-0052-4
David Halberstam
2007