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Sto caricando le informazioni... This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness (1963)di T. R. Fehrenbach
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Now, I can find Korea on the map, but not much more. And here we have a book about the Korean War without any maps —or photos or graphic illustrations—whatsoever (in the Kindle version anyway), which made understanding the narrative of the battles difficult. Sometimes Fehrenbach gets lost in the “fog of war” as he writes quite a bit about foxhole-level fighting. While important, it distracted from getting the big picture of the war. Some of the author’s opinions were insightful and some left me scratching my head…again to the detriment of understanding history. A journalistic, but accurate description of the "police Action" on the Korean peninsula between 1950 and 1953. The USa was facing a war conducted by an army of lower technology, and was very surprised to discover that their opponents would give them a very great deal of trouble tactically, and politically. An excellent (and detailed history) of the Korean War (my father fought there), yet the effort would have been more appreciated had the author not marbled the book so heavily with opinions blaming a permissive society for a sub-par US fighting force. The ranting does nothing to further the book, and the author doesn't support his assertions. The rest of the books is first-rate. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Risorse esterne che parlano di questo libro Wikipedia in inglese (50)The fiftieth anniversary of the Korean War makes this an appropriate time to revisit This Kind of War, the monumental study of the conflict that began in June 1950. Successive generations of U.S. military officers have considered this book an indispensable part of their education.T. R. Fehrenbach's narrative brings to life the harrowing and bloody battles that were fought up and down the Korean Peninsula. Partly drawn from official records, operations journals, and histories, it is based largely on the compelling personal narratives of the small-unit commanders and their troops. Unlike any other work on the Korean War, it provides a clear panoramic view, sharp insight into the successes and failures of U.S. forces, and a riveting account of fierce clashes between U.N. troops and the North Korean and Chinese communist invaders.The lessons that Colonel Fehrenbach identifies still resonate. Severe peacetime budget cuts after World War II left the U.S. military a shadow of its former self. The terrible lesson of Korea was that to send into action troops trained for nothing but "serving a hitch" in some quiet billet was an almost criminal act. Throwing these ill-trained and poorly equipped troops into the heat of battle resulted in the war's early routs. The United States was simply unprepared for war. As we enter a new century with Americans and North Koreans continuing to face each other across the 38th parallel, we would do well to remember the price we paid during the Korean War. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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A full war history from the origins to the final outcome and analysis. Fehrenbach touches those who fought and died in the war in numerous small unit engagements at the platoon, company, regimental and division level. He paints a picture of war entered by a nation that neither wanted or was prepared for war either emotionally nor politically with soldiers ill trained to fight a war.
I would definitely recommend this to all interested in the study the war. ( )