I took the opportunity of our cruise at the beginning of the month to read T.R. Fehrenbach's 1964 This Kind of War. It was fascinating and he used a lot of detailed small unit actions to illustrate the larger situation in Korea as the war ebbed and flowed back and forth and finally settled into a static battlefield. By the author's own admission in the preface, it was not written long enough after the events to be a comprehensive, objective history. But it is very well written and still highly regarded, the latest reprint has blurbs from Colin Powell and Jim Mattis on the cover.
It is a very visceral read, particularly the accounts of UN POW's and the Communist POW uprising. I highly recommend it. It compliments Max Hasting's history of the Korean War nicely.
If you are burrowed into your Hobbit hole, I recommend you pick it up, it is available on Kindle.
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Looks interesting- thanks for the heads up.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Pete.