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A Memoir Of Korea
St. Martin's Griffin
June 2000
On Sale: June 8, 2000
256 pages
ISBN: 0312265115
EAN: 9780312265113
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Non-Fiction Memoir
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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