Korean War

"In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home."The New York Times David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his unrivaled research and formidable journalistic skills to ...

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An emotionally riveting debut novel about war, family, and forbidden love?the unforgettable saga of two illfated lovers in Korea and the heartbreaking choices they?re forced to make in the years surrounding the civil war that still haunts us today.When the communistbacked army from the north invades her home, sixteenyearold Haemi Lee, along wit...

Changrae Lee, the bestselling and awardwinning author of Native Speaker, A Gesture Life, and Aloft returns with his most ambitious novel yeta spellbinding story of how love and war echo through an entire lifetime.June Han was orphaned as a girl by the Korean War. Hector Brennan was a young GI who fled the petty tragedies of his small town to ser...

Mija and Youngsook, two girls living on the Korean island of Jeju, are best friends who come from very different backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin working in the sea with their village?s allfemale diving collective, led by Youngsook?s mother. As the girls take up their positions as baby divers, they know they are beginning a lif...

In 1945 US troops arrived in Korea for what would become America?s longestlasting conflict. While history books claim without equivocation that the war lasted from 1950 to 1953, those who have actually served there know better. By closely analyzing US intelligence before June 25, 1950 (the war?s official start), and the actions of key players like...