David Rees (2) (1928–)

1667 Korea: The Limited War, by David Rees (read 29 Oct 1981) This is a 1963 book by a British free-lance writer. I found the book fascinating and am very glad I read it. It recounts for me so much that was of Supreme Interest to me in those years of maximum awareness to the most important things happening, 1950-1951, but also covers periods when I was in isolation relatively speaking, e.g., boot camp from 21 Aug 1951, to early Nov 1951, and at sea from Jan 1953 to July 1953. The author does not do a good job discussing U.S. politics--he simply is not very at home in the subject--but his outlook does coincide in ways with what mine was in those turbulent months when I was in my first year of law school and political argument was always so important to me. And there is much I learned from the book--putting it together as it does was enlightening . The book includes the full text of the Armistice documents, and I read them word for word, realizing the immense efforts that went on over every sentence.… (meer)