snowgood posted: " The road to our local library has been dug up to allow construction of a new housing development. Quite why it has to be blocked for several months beats me, but somehow I can't stop going and picking up more good books. Recently I returned War" Snowgood's Blog
The road to our local library has been dug up to allow construction of a new housing development.
Quite why it has to be blocked for several months beats me, but somehow I can't stop going and picking up more good books.
Recently I returned War Stories with absolutely no intention of selecting anything new, I've still got over a dozen unread books in my bedroom. Epic Fail!
I came back with this, which is a reminder of our time at a family wedding and touristy outing to the DMZ.
One of my Uncles fought in this war, and used to whizz around in a Bren Gun Carrier. My Dad was part of the army regime that were put in place to re-establish the nation whilst on national service.
In more recent times our eldest son married a Korean lady!
Maxwell's book is an accessible volume, first published in 2019 and latterly in paperback in 2021. It even covers the years since the USA on behalf of the United Nations signed a peace declaration with North Korea.
Did you know it was never signed by the South, and the hostilities never completely came to an end? I'd quite forgotten that.
Even more amazing is the peace deal somehow failed to see 80,000 South Koreans released, and handful were held captive for 5 decades!
I liked this book, but once again a historical tome covering battles and land gains and losses has numerous glaring omissions. Did the author think his audience all served in the front line? How come there were so few maps, and even those that were printed lack key towns.
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