The Coldest War
A Memoir of Korea
by James Brady

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• Language: english
• Places: Korean War
• Genres: history, war, memoir, china, asia, biography
• ISBN: 9780312265113 (0312265115)
• Author: James Brady
• Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin
• Release date: June 8, 2000
• Format: paperback, 248 pages

About The Book

America’s « forgotten war » lasted just thirty-seven months, yet 54,246 Americans died in that time — nearly as many as died in ten years in Vietnam. On the fiftieth anniversary of this devastating conflict, James Brady tells the story of his life as a young marine lieutenant in Korea.

In 1947, seeking to avoid the draft, nineteen-year-old Jim Brady volunteered for a Marine Corps program that made him a lieutenant in the reserves on the day he graduated college. He didn’t plan to find himself in command of a rifle platoon three years later facing a real enemy, but that is exactly what happened after the Chinese turned a so-called police action into a war.

The Coldest War vividly describes Brady’s rapid education in the realities of war and the pressures of command. Opportunities for bold offensives sink in the miasma of trench warfare; death comes in fits and starts as too-accurate artillery on both sides seeks out men in their bunkers; constant alertness is crucial for survival, while brutal cold and a seductive silence conspire to lull soldiers into an often fatal stupor.

The Korean War affected the lives of all Americans, yet is little known beyond the antics of « M*A*S*H. » Here is the inside story that deserves to be told, and James Brady is a powerful witness to a vital chapter of our history.

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