{"product_id":"the-coldest-winter-america-and-the-korean-war-paperback","title":"The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Halberstam\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eIn a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home.\"---\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling \u003cem\u003eThe Best and the Brightest\u003c\/em\u003e was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his unrivaled research and formidable journalistic skills to shed light on another pivotal moment in our history: the Korean War. Halberstam considered \u003cem\u003eThe Coldest Winter\u003c\/em\u003e his most accomplished work, the culmination of forty-five years of writing about America's postwar foreign policy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Halberstam gives us 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 and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides astonishingly 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, Halberstam provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. As ever, Halberstam was concerned with the extraordinary courage and resolve of people asked to bear an extraordinary burden.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Coldest Winter\u003c\/em\u003eis contemporary history in its most literary and luminescent form, providing crucial perspective on every war America has been involved in since. It is a book that Halberstam first decided to write more than thirty years ago and that took him nearly ten years 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Halberstam\u003c\/b\u003e (1934-2007) was the author of twenty-two books, including fifteen bestsellers. Born in New York City, Halberstam spent much of the 1960s as a reporter for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, covering the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement. His Vietnam reporting earned him both a George C. Polk Award and a 1964 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting. \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e dubbed Halberstam the Moses of American journalism, and the subjects of his books reflect his passion and range: war, foreign policy, history, and sports. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best and the Brightest\u003c\/i\u003e (1962), his sixth book, a critique of the Kennedy administration's Vietnam policy, became a #1 bestseller. His next book, \u003ci\u003eThe Powers that Be\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of four American media companies, was hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as a prodigy of research. Many of Halberstam's books explored themes in professional sports, including bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Teammates\u003c\/i\u003e, a portrait of the friendship between baseball players Ted Williams, Dominic DiMaggio, Johnny Pesky, and Bobby Doerr, and \u003ci\u003eThe Education of a Coach\u003c\/i\u003e, a profile of New England Patriots' Coach Bill Belichick.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 736\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.67 x 8.94 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53062118670669,"sku":"9780786888627","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/SzBlNk5xZjJNT2JhcjliRUQzdDhRdz09.webp?v=1766566538","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/the-coldest-winter-america-and-the-korean-war-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}