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02356aim a2200337 a 4500 001 095F2E2ADE6B11DF9C83A1F56AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20101023010128 008 100805s2007 000 0 eng u 020 $a 9781415944158 020 $a 1415944156 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)\9781415944158 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) 040 $a TEFOD $d SILO 100 1 $a Halberstam, David. 245 1 $a The coldest winter [electronic resource] : $b America and the Korean War $c David Halberstam. 260 $a New York $b Books on Tape $c 2007. 300 $a Mode of access: $b World Wide Web. Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 484421 KB). 500 $a Downloadable audio file. 500 $a Duration: 33:42:27. 500 $a Title from: Title details screen. 500 $a Unabridged. 511 0 $a Read by Scott Brick. 520 $a Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The coldest winter changes that. David 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, including Truman and Eisenhower; Kim Il Sung and Mao Zedong; and General MacArthur. At the same time, Halberstam provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. At the heart of the book are the individual stories of the soldiers on the front lines who were left to deal with the consequences of the dangerous misjudgments and competing agendas of powerful men. We meet them, follow them, and see some of the most dreadful battles in history through their eyes. 650 $a Audiobooks. 650 $a Korean War, 1950-1953 $x Campaigns. 650 $a Korean War, 1950-1953 $x United States. 700 $a Brick, Scott. 856 $u http://wilbor.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=2BA11BF0-5B7F-4473-A26B-79D9922D79ED $3 URL 941 $a 2 952 $l GUPF501 $d 20110721010513.0 952 $l XBPE737 $d 20101023011135.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=095F2E2ADE6B11DF9C83A1F56AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search