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jlb
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goniff
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I would recommend any novel by Martin Limon. They are all set in Korea and cracking good reads... try
Jade Lady Burning
Slicky Boys
Buddha's Money |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| I really like Simon Winchester's Korea. |
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erasmus
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| northway wrote: |
| I really like Simon Winchester's Korea. |
Me, too. And the Michael Breen book. |
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samd
Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice list. I would add Nothing to Envy, my favourite book on North Korea. |
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goniff
Joined: 31 Dec 2007
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:12 am Post subject: |
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also:
Korea Bug
j scott burgeson |
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notinKS
Joined: 11 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2010 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| I tore through "Nothing to Envy" in about three days...absolutely fascinated me. I'm about halfway through "Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader." It's a bit dense but completely enthralling. I'm anxious to learn more about South Korea, thanks for posting these recommendations. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| I forgot about Winchester's book, but I did enjoy it too. I've just added it my list. |
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lawyertood
Joined: 17 Jan 2003
Location: Seoul, Incheon and the World--working undercover for the MOJ
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War--David Halberstam
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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.
The Coldest Winter is 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.
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:07 am Post subject: |
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| Cool, I'll have to check that one out. |
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