The Coldest Winter Easton Press Halberstam America Korean War Leather + Notes
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
Collectors Edition - Bound in Genuine Leather
by David Halberstam
Published by Easton Press (2008)
Condition:
Like New 1st Edition Leather Bound Hardcover Book and the Collector Notes! The binding is tight and all 719 pages within are bright white with no writing, underlining, high-lighting, rips, tears, bends, or folds. The book has gold gilt page edges with minor flecking and a yellow ribbon marker. The covers look perfect, as can be seen in my photos. Someone stuck the original Easton book plate on the inside front cover, but no name is on it. You will be happy with this one! Always handled carefully and packaged securely! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking!
About the Book:
In 1972, award-winning reporter David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest set the gold standard for Vietnam War books. Now, more than three decades later, Halberstam uses his unrivaled research and formidable journalistic skills to shed light on another dark corner in our history: the Korean War. The Coldest Winter is a successor book to The Best and the Brightest even though in historical terms it precedes it, and Halberstam's final chapters provide us with an ominous lead-in to Vietnam and the events of today. Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that. Halberstam gives us a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculation on both sides, culminating with the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, which catches Douglas MacArthur's forces by surprise. At the same time, Halberstam provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism of several crucial battles--reportage of the highest order. As such we watch a melancholy political story play out even as we witness the rare courage of the fighting men who deal with the consequences of dangerous miscalculations. The Coldest Winter is contemporary history in its most literary and luminescent form.
About Easton Press Books (from their website):
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