02170cam a2200325 i 4500 567121546 TxAuBib 20210207120000.0 170407s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017012859 9780345549228 hardback : alk. paper 0345549228 hardback : alk. paper DLC eng rda DLC TLC rda TxAuBib rda Shaara, Jeff, 1952-, author. The frozen hours : a novel of the Korean War / Jeff Shaara. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2017] xxvii, 525 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "June, 1950: the North Korean army, a formidable force backed by Soviet arms and training, invades South Korea, with the intent of uniting the country under Communist rule. In response, the United States mobilizes a force to defend the overmatched South Korean troops. But the US is no better equipped than their allies. The American and United nations troops are fighting for their lives against the most brutal weather conditions imaginable, and an enemy that outnumbers them more than six to one. This struggle, and how the Americans respond, form the core of this novel. The Frozen Hours tells the story of "Frozen Chosin" from multiple points of view: Oliver P. Smith, the commanding general of the American 1st Marine Division, who famously redefined defeat as "advancing in a different direction"; Marine Private Pete Riley, a World War II veteran who now faces the greatest fight of his life; and the Chinese commander Sung Shi-Lun, charged with destroying the Americans he has so completely surrounded, ever aware that above him, Chairman Mao Tse-Tung watches his every move"-- Provided by publisher. 20210207. Korean War, 1950-1953 Fiction. FICTION / Historical. FICTION / War & Military. FICTION / Action & Adventure. Historical fiction. War fiction.