A couple of friends have asked for recommendations on the subject of the Korean War, given that General Lord Dannatt and my book - Korea, War Without End, is being published on 22 May.The War Room is a reader-supported publication.
Robert, not sure you and indeed General Lord Dannatt have seen today’s news conference by Keir Starmer after the summit. I hope you have the time at some point to put your thoughts down for an article.
Dr. Lyman, I am looking forward to meeting you on the upcoming "Fall of Singapore" tour in early March. I am also looking forward to reading your new book on the Korean War, as my father served with the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division from Sep 50 to Oct 51 (Inchon to the drive to the Punchbowl). I was blessed to be able to gain access to the 1st Tank Bn monthly unit diaries for the time he served in Korea. In addition to being priceless primary source documents on my father's unit, they made me a more discriminating reader of history books. I also love TR Fehrenbach's "This Kind of War", but it bothers me that it has no bibliography or footnotes. One of my favorite Korean War historians is Roy E. Appleman, a retired US Army officer. He wrote a wonderful book called "East of Chosin" about the tragic destruction of Task Force Faith in November 1950, an event that I don't think is even well known within the US Army (unlike Task Force Smith - I was stationed at the Pentagon when the Berlin Wall came down and the Army was defending its budget with the motto "No More Task Force Smiths"). I very much enjoyed reading "A War of Empires" (will share my favorite quote from that book on the tour) and I have your "Kohima 1944" on my bookshelf waiting to be read.
I’ll keep a look out for your book. I don’t have a single book on the Korean War. I do have the USMC official history pamphlet series, well put together and informative (somehow my name was put on a mailing list and I received them all free of charge). I’m a big fan of Halberstam’s The Best and The Brightest, the Vietnam War has been a lifelong interest, so I might look out his Korean War book.
Robert, not sure you and indeed General Lord Dannatt have seen today’s news conference by Keir Starmer after the summit. I hope you have the time at some point to put your thoughts down for an article.
There's certainly a lot to say! I've written an article for Engelsberg ideas which should be out this week. I'll upload it to Sub stack
Dr. Lyman, I am looking forward to meeting you on the upcoming "Fall of Singapore" tour in early March. I am also looking forward to reading your new book on the Korean War, as my father served with the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division from Sep 50 to Oct 51 (Inchon to the drive to the Punchbowl). I was blessed to be able to gain access to the 1st Tank Bn monthly unit diaries for the time he served in Korea. In addition to being priceless primary source documents on my father's unit, they made me a more discriminating reader of history books. I also love TR Fehrenbach's "This Kind of War", but it bothers me that it has no bibliography or footnotes. One of my favorite Korean War historians is Roy E. Appleman, a retired US Army officer. He wrote a wonderful book called "East of Chosin" about the tragic destruction of Task Force Faith in November 1950, an event that I don't think is even well known within the US Army (unlike Task Force Smith - I was stationed at the Pentagon when the Berlin Wall came down and the Army was defending its budget with the motto "No More Task Force Smiths"). I very much enjoyed reading "A War of Empires" (will share my favorite quote from that book on the tour) and I have your "Kohima 1944" on my bookshelf waiting to be read.
Thank you Kurt! I too am a fan of Roy E Applebaum
I’ll keep a look out for your book. I don’t have a single book on the Korean War. I do have the USMC official history pamphlet series, well put together and informative (somehow my name was put on a mailing list and I received them all free of charge). I’m a big fan of Halberstam’s The Best and The Brightest, the Vietnam War has been a lifelong interest, so I might look out his Korean War book.