Kind Study Unpreparedness (24 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: no dust jacket (paperback). 1st printing. The book is in good condition with some wear typical of a paperback from the 1960s. The spine and cover show minor signs of handling, but the binding remains intact and strong. Pages are clean with slight yellowing due to age, adding a vintage character to this historical edition. There is no dust jacket, as expected for this format.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Used - Acceptable. Pages yellowing from age.

mass market paperback. 16mo 747pp. Cardinal Giant GC 963 April 1964. see pictures for synopsis. #02868. Book G: wear to wraps and spine, chipping at foot of spine.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Soft cover. Pocket paper back. Light edge/shelf wear. Corner bumped, lightly. Pages toned with age. A Giant Cardinal Edition/1st printing [no number line]. Cover art [uncredited]. GC-963. Original cover price 95 cents. Scarce/rare/hard to find/out of print. NF-MILTHX/KOREA. …

Paperback. Condition: Used; Very Good. ***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.…

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st Edition, 2nd Printing - Macmillan (1963). VERY GOOD in very good mylar protected dust jacket. $10.00 Price on DJ Flap and light rubs on front panel of DJ. No marks in text. Binding is tight and square. xii, 688 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm. . . . . . . FROM THE DUST JACKET FRONT FLAP: The book has a challenging theme: a great power must today maintain a highly professional army organized along lines different from the society it is set up to protect. Americans, the author says, fully understand the realistic requirements of the football field and of the baseball diamond, but not of the battlefield. The civilian liberal and the soldier," he states, "unfortunately are eyeing two different things: the civilians are concerned with men living together in peace and amiability and justice; the soldier's task is to teach men to suffer and fight, kill and die." The terrible lesson of Korea was that to send into action troops trained for nothing but "serving a hitch" in some quiet billet is little better than murder. This whole question is of vital concern to us all. As the author also stresses, if another., similar action follows the Korean *police action,* it will not be years or months, or even days, but a matter of hours until American troops are committed-ready or not. The book also contains a chronology, glossaries, maps, charts, and photographs.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 2nd printing. nice copy.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition, 1st Printing - Macmillan (1963). VERY GOOD in a Very Good mylar covered dust jacket with a $10.00 price on front flap. No marks in text. Binding is tight and square. xii, 688 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 25 cm. . . . . . . This book is regarded as the most comprehensive single-volume history of the Korean War, distinguished for both its narrative depth and critical analysis. Written by a veteran who commanded U.S. Army units during the conflict, the book blends vivid memoir with strategic and operational history, focusing especially on the experiences of small-unit commanders and infantrymen in fierce combat against North Korean and Chinese forces.? The book's subtitle, "A Study in Unpreparedness," reflects its central critique: Fehrenbach laments the U.S. military's lack of readiness, discipline, and institutional organization at the war's outset, tracing the army's transformation as troops hardened through combat. He emphasizes the difference between civilian and military mindsets, arguing that effective armies must be organized along principles distinct from those of civilian society and warning that sending unprepared soldiers into battle is tantamount to "murder". The book combines personal narratives, operational reports, and analysis of global political maneuverings, making it a touchstone work for understanding the harsh realities and enduring lessons of the Korean War.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,1450grams, ISBN.…

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover in dust jacket. Black cloth spine on red cloth boards, pristine. Protected, price clipped, dustjacket sharp and bright, with shelf wear to edges. Book firm in binding, 689 pages include Index, b&w photographs and illustrations. B&W photo illustrated endpapers, clean and bright. Free of any markings, not ex-library. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. First Printing [Stated]. xii, 688, [4] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Maps. Chronology. Glossary of Principal Weapons. Key to Map Symbols. Index. Front board weak and restrengthened with glue. Spine frayed at top and bottom. Some cover soiling. Format is approximately 6.5 inches by 9.5 inches. Theodore Reed "T. R." Fehrenbach, Jr. (January 12, 1925 - December 1, 2013) was an American historian, columnist, and the former head of the Texas Historical Commission (1987-1991). He graduated from Princeton University in 1947 and wrote more than twenty books, including the bestseller Lone Star: A History of Texas and Texans and This Kind of War, about the Korean War. Senator John McCain called this book "perhaps the best book ever written on the Korean War". Secretary of Defense James Mattis said "There's a reason I recommended T. R. Fehrenbach's book.that we all pull it out and read it one more time." For almost 30 years, he wrote a weekly column on Sundays for the San Antonio Express-News. "This Kind of War has been studied by generations of soldiers. Fehrenbach describes good decisions and bad ones with insight and expertise. But what he does best of all is his eloquent, sometimes painful description of the GIs who must bear the burden of those decisions. This book has a challenging theme, that a great power must maintain a highly professional army organized along lines different from the society it is set up to protect. This work is written from the perspective of those who fought it. Drawn from official records, operations journals and histories, this book is also largely based on the personal narratives of the small-unit commanders and their troops. The book provides both an overview of the war, and a "you were there" account of American soldiers in fierce battle against the North Korean and Chinese communist invaders. As Americans and North Koreans continue to face each other across the 38th Parallel, This Kind of War commemorates the past and offers vital lessons for the future. Derived from a review by Barry Strauss of the Hoover Institution found on the internet: A journalist rather than an academic, Fehrenbach (1925-2013) wrote larger-than-life history of a heroic bent. This Kind of War originally appeared in 1963 with the subtitle of A Study in Unpreparedness. Although This Kind of War starts with a quotation from Sun Tzu, Fehrenbach adopts a Clausewitzian approach. He understands the Korean conflict not as a test of power but of wills, in particular, of American will. The Communists, he writes, doubted that the United States "had the will to react quickly and practically and without panic in a new situation." They were wrong, but it cost about 37,000 American lives to prove it. Fehrenbach's framework is tragic. The United States was unprepared to fight a limited war halfway around the world and when it intervened it overreached before finally winning partial victory and painful wisdom. If there is almost poetry in the author's understanding of Americans' frustration over Korea there is also prophecy in his statement (in 1963) that they would face other frustrating conflicts all over the globe. Although a history, This Kind of War has the vividness of a memoir. It is based largely on personal narratives of small-unit commanders. "This is very much a platoon leader's book," the author writes. He himself commanded U.S. army units in Korea at company and battalion as well at the platoon level. Fehrenbach's prose style takes no prisoners. Of Korea's war-torn history he says, "the people of the Hermit Kingdom wished to be left in peace. The wish is hopeless, for Korea is a buffer state." (p. 10) Of the North Korean People's Army, he writes, "Hesitancy . was cured neatly, efficiently, and permanently by the application of a pistol to the back of the head." (p. 5) He describes MacArthur's ill-fated invasion of North Korea thus: Because Washington permitted soldiers to make and to act on decisions that were beyond the purview of the military, because it fo.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine Dust Jacket. 689 pp. Tightly bound. There is a bump to the top right corner of the front board. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Near fine dust jacket. Jacket not price clipped. This copy published with a built in ribbon book mark. PLEASE NOTE: This copy is a 1989 printing of the 1963 publication. It is reprinted by the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, New York. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.…

Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Good. 747 pp. Solidly bound copy with moderate use. Moderately creased spine. Pages detatched from spine. Brittle pages. Stamp on bottom edge.Moderate foxing on pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Front hinge starting. Clipped DJ in archival cover, edge wear, chips.

Couverture rigide. Condition: bon. RO60069771: 1963. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 688 pages. Photo en noir et blanc en frontispice. Illustré de nombreuses photos et cartes en noir et blanc dans le texte. Tranche de tête noire. Annotations en page de garde. . . . Classification Dewey : 420-Langue anglaise. Anglo-saxon.…

Condition: Gut. Zustand: Gut | Seiten: 688 | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.