Circle of Courage - Hardcover

Chamberlin, Alton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 053309092X ISBN 13: 9780533090921

Publisher: Vantage Pr, 1991

Synopsis

In Circle of Courage, Al Chamberlin provides a true account of some of the bloodiest battles of the Korean War-those following the 1952 entry of an enormous number of Chinese troops into the fighting-battles bearing such names as Eerie, Baldy, Porkchop, T-Bone, and Christmas Tree Ridge. Mr. Chamberlin exhibits extraordinary narrative skill in bringing to life, and making immediate to the reader, the experiences of combat soldiers, both on the battlefield and in their more relaxed moments. He amply demonstrates how being a fighting soldier is the ultimate test of a man and, as the episodes in the book clearly show, there is no reliable way to predict combat behacior except in combat. The spectrum of human courage-and human cowardice-is fully brought to light, showing the author to be a shrewed judge of human character. And, on the battlefield as in all other aspects of human existence, fate is shown to be capricious in its rewards and punishments. In this action-filled book, war is realistically presented from the uniquely authentic viewpoint of the fighting infantryman.

Edition details

• Publisher: Vantage Pr
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 053309092X
• ISBN 13: 9780533090921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1