Fire and Ice : The Korean War, 1950-1953 | 
 enlarge | Author: Michael Varhola
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  34 reviews
Sales Rank: 318507
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 317
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 1882810449
Dewey Decimal Number: 951.90424
EAN: 9781882810444
ASIN: 1882810449
Publication Date: June 2000
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Product Description
This handy "At A Glance" volume contains an exceptional amount of material on the Korean Conflict, with much information that will be new to virtually all readers, such as dissension between the U.S. and South Korea, the differing treatment of prisoners by the Chinese and North Koreans, the widespread service of Korean nationals in American units, and the important contribution made by Turkey, the British Commonwealth and other nations to the U.N. effort.
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 Disappointing October 3, 2008
This is an unimaginative handbook of facts about the Korean War. It is not a history of the war.
 My review September 30, 2008
This book is full of facts of the Korean War. It would be a good first book for someone interested in the Korean War. A plus for the book (in my opinion) was that one of the co-authors was an infantry officer that fought there during the conflict.
Great read January 1, 2006
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I really enjoyed this book. Well researched.
Fully Detailed, But Not Fun to Read November 21, 2004
33 out of 39 found this review helpful
I realize I'm not in agreement with all the other reviews here, but I just wanted to throw my $0.02 in. The impression I got from reading the other reviews was that this book would read something like Churchill's "Second World War" series: sort of a narrative or story covering the war. Instead, for the most part, this book is a reference book. It's got tons of information in it, but it's organized into battles within time periods. It's hard to explain. I was looking for something that said we did x because of y which resulted in these battles. Then, we did x' which led to some other battles. Instead it said something like in year x we fought battles a, b, and c. In year y, we fought battles d, e, and f. All the information is there, but the "story" part of the "history" feels lacking.
If you're studying the Korean War, I do agree that this is an excellent book. But, for a more "entertaining" study, I'd try something else (what that would be, I don't know).
Varhola Does It Again October 10, 2002
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Being familiar with some of the author's other works, I tracked this one down as well. As expected, the level of detail and obvious meticulous research were as I expected. Another successful and vivid portrait of a very gripping historical period from an author who clearly knows his history. The wealth of little details interspersed throughout the mandatory historical details make this a true pleasure to read.
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