An utterly original and illuminating work that meets at the crossroads of autobiography and ethnography to re-examine violence and memory through the eyes of a child. Seeing Like a Child is a deeply moving narrative that showcases an unexpected voice from an established researcher. Through an unwavering commitment to a child’s perspective, Clara Han explores how the catastrophi...(展开全部)

In December 1950 General Matthew B. Ridgway replaced General Walton Walker as commander of the Eighth Army, and in April 1951 he succeeded Douglas MacArthur as supreme commander of the United Nations forces in Korea and supreme commander of the United States Far East Command. In this spirited book, General Ridgway describes how he took a dispirited army and rebuilt it in a few ...(展开全部)

Grace M. Cho grew up as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and the Korean bar hostess he met abroad. They were one of few immigrants in a xenophobic small town during the Cold War, where identity was politicized by everyday details—language, cultural references, memories, and food. When Grace was fifteen, her dynamic mother experienced the onset of schizophrenia, ...(展开全部)

Grace M. Cho grew up as the daughter of a white American merchant marine and the Korean bar hostess he met abroad. They were one of few immigrants in a xenophobic small town during the Cold War, where identity was politicized by everyday details—language, cultural references, memories, and food. When Grace was fifteen, her dynamic mother experienced the onset of schizophrenia, ...(展开全部)

David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book for the Vietnam War. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his unrivalled research and formidable journalistic skills to shed light on another dark corner in our history: the Korean War. The Coldest Winter is a successor to The Best and the Brightest, even though in historical...(展开全部)

《最寒冷的冬天:美国人眼中的朝鲜战争》首度全面揭秘朝鲜战争的真相：硝烟弥漫的20世纪，为什么唯独朝鲜战争让美国人不忍言说却又无法遗忘？这次不再是欲言又止，而是一次全面的检讨。金日成“想用刺刀碰一碰南方的土地”，差点点燃“第三次世界大战”的战火；李承晚军的不堪一击，迫使美国打着联合国的旗号赤裸上阵；斯大林按兵不动背后的战略意图，让毛泽东面临是否派兵入朝的艰难抉择。大卫•哈伯斯塔姆酝酿40多年，耗时10余春秋，完成其生命最后之作——《最寒冷的冬天(美国人眼中的朝鲜战争)》。为创作《最寒冷的冬天(美国人眼中的朝鲜战争)》，他走访了诸多知名图书馆和研究机构，从浩如烟海的资料中探寻历史的隐秘；他访问了100多位散布美国各个角落的朝鲜战争幸存老兵，在无法承受的生命之重中聆听人性的呼唤。朝鲜战争对参战各方来说都是很残酷的。哈伯斯塔姆为我们描绘和剖析了二战后这场“为...(展开全部)

One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other. Over the course of a generation, the...(展开全部)

One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other. Over the course of a generation, the...(展开全部)

The British Army’s considerable contribution to The Korean War 1950 – 1953 was largely composed of ‘conscripts’ or national servicemen. Plucked from civilian life on a ‘lottery’ basis and given a short basic training, some like Jim Jacobs volunteered for overseas duty and suddenly found themselves in the thick of a war as intensive and dangerous as anything the Second World War...(展开全部)

THE STOLEN CHILD is the story of Henry Day, a seven-year-old kidnapped by a strange group living in the dark forest near his home. He is stolen by changelings—ageless beings whose secret community is threatened by encroaching modern life. They give Henry a new name, Aniday, and the gift of agelessness—now and forever, he will be seven years old. In keeping with tradition, the...(展开全部)