On Desperate Ground

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From theNew York Times bestselling author of Ghost Soldiers and In the Kingdom of Ice, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean WarOn October 15, 1950, the vainglorious General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of U.N troops in Korea, convinced President Harry Truman that the communist forces would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war.As he was speaking, 300,000 Chinese soldiers began crossing the border Led by the 13,000 men of the 1st Marine Division, the Americans moved far north into the trap Mao had set for the arrogant MacArthur at the Chosin Reservoir What followed was one of the most heroic and harrowing operations in American military history Faced with annihilation, and temperatures plunging to 20 degrees below zero, the surrounded Marines fought through the enemy forces with ferocity, ingenuity and nearly unimaginable courage.Hampton Sides s superb account of the battle relies on years of archival research and interviews with scores of Marines and Koreans who survived the siege While expertly chronicling the follies of the American leaders, this is an immediate, grunt s eye view of history, enthralling in its narrative pace and powerful in its portrayal of what ordinary men are capable of in the most extreme circumstances. New Download On Desperate Ground [ By ] Hampton Sides [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr On Desperate Ground The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War s Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides is the history of one of the greatest stories to come out of the Korean War Sides is an American historian, author, and journalist He is the author of Americana, Hellhound on His Trail, Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, and other bestselling works of narrative history and literary non fiction.The Korean War is America s forgotten war, and the heroics that took place in the war are often overlo On Desperate Ground The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War s Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides is the history of one of the greatest stories to come out of...On Desperate Ground had me as riveted as though this decades old Korean war story was in real time and the outcome not yet decided Huge admiration for the unsung heroes and the sheer mettle of marines and others in perilous conditions, along with loathing cough...Hampton Sides specializes in nonfiction that reads like the best fiction It is about the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War And I had no idea how tough that battle was No idea.My favorite quote from a war is Lieutenant Chesty Puller who said, The enemy s are on our left, they are on our right, they re in front of us, they re behind usthey can t get away this time This is that battle I knew nothing about the battle that quote c...Quite simply one of the finest accounts of military history that I have ever read.Stirring and engrossing, it s non fiction that reads like a compelling novel.The writing is exceptional.An exploration into the history, geo political motivations and the recklessness and egos of some of our leaders, did someone say, MacArthur , that surrounded the Korean conflict.Meticulously researched and finely detailed, it is a ...My husband is a military history buff if we are in a bookstore and get separated, I know I will find him in the military history section, and if I lose him in a public library, I just look in the 940s through the 990s He has read hundreds of books on military history in general, he devours whatever he can find on the Korean Conflict, and for many years he has been interested in the story of the battle at the Chosin R...I was unfamiliar with the Korean war going into this book So when some of the same names that were heavy hitters in WWII came up I was surprised I did not realize that Gen Douglass MacArthur was in Tokyo telling the Marines to push to end this skirmish quickly This would have worked if the Chinese added some 300,000 troops to the fight The Marines got trapped at Chosin Reservoir MacArthur thought even when reports were coming in that they must be wrong Once MacArthur was quoted saying I was unfamiliar with the Korean war going into this book So when some of the same names that were heavy hitters in WWII came up I was surprised I did not realize that Gen Douglass MacArthur was in Tokyo telling the Marines to push to end this skirmish quickly This would have worked if the Chinese added some 300,000 troops to the fight The Marines got trapped at Chosin Reservoir MacArthur thought even when reports were coming in that they must be wrong Once MacArthur was quoted saying Only God or the Government of the United States can keep me from the fulfillment of my mission because he was forced to meet with President Truman But Macarthur spent too much time in Toyko to really know what was going on in Korea A Chinese office had told his men that the Marines were uniquely diabolical bloodthirsty murders and rapist This must have made it easier for the Chinese soldiers to attack And attack they did Luckily when Major Gen Smith knew things were turning...Wonderfully written and brief historical narrative of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir that is filled with heart, turmoil, and respect for the doers at the scene All the soldiers, the civilians, the prisoners of war, the generals fighting beside their men it s clear that Sides wants you to know that they are the real treasures of integrity.Even better, On Desperate Ground includes opinions of post WWII desegregation while highlighting some firsts in North American military history It s almost im Wonderfully written and brief historical narrative of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir that is filled with heart, turmoil, and respect for the doers at the scene All the soldiers, the civilians, the prisoners of war, the generals fighting beside their men it s clear that Sides wants you to know that they are the real treasures of integrity.Even better, On Desperate Ground includes opinions of post WWII desegregation while highlighting some firsts in North American military history It s almost impossible to be impartial while reading their tactical disadvantages, their disputes with higher command, the violence and ruthlessness they faced, and their dismal conditions fighting in the dead of winter Well do...Hampton Sides masterfully tells the story of the Chosin Campaign If I have a criticism it is that I felt that while telling a slightly broader story than what is told in The Last Stand of Fox Company, it doesn t quote go wide enou...

On Desperate Ground
  • 21 June 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 368 pages
  • 0385541155
  • Hampton Sides
  • On Desperate Ground