Bestsellers
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The Korean War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall364
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Performance276
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Story275
It was the first war we could not win....
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Inspiring and Hard Hitting
- By David Ewing on 08-06-07
By: Max Hastings
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On Desperate Ground
- The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,085
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Performance1,877
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Story1,871
From the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War. "Superb ... A masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and arresting...
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typical armchair critic armed with hign site
- By Brent on 10-03-18
By: Hampton Sides
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This Kind of War
- The Classic Korean War History
- By: T. R. Fehrenbach
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 24 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,170
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Performance1,003
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Story998
This Kind of War is a monumental study of the conflict that began in June 1950. Successive generations of U.S. military officers have considered this book an indispensable part of their education. T. R. Fehrenbach's narrative brings to life the harrowing and bloody battles that were fought up...
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Great narrative, frustrating redundancy
- By Ted on 08-16-10
By: T. R. Fehrenbach
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In Mortal Combat
- Korea, 1950-1953
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 27 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall279
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Performance238
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Story238
In this brilliant narrative of America's first limited war, John Toland shows yet again why, for over two decades, he has been one of this country's most respected and popular military historians. Toland lets both the events and the participants speak for themselves....
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Slightly disappointed
- By Patrick on 09-02-19
By: John Toland
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The Last Stand of Fox Company
- A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,119
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Performance883
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Story885
November 1950, the Korean Peninsula. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for...
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Outstanding story, poor narration
- By Stephen on 03-05-09
By: Bob Drury, and others
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MiG Alley
- The US Air Force in Korea, 1950-53
- By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall332
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Performance268
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Story267
In addition to the aerial combat over MiG Alley, this title covers the full range of US Air Force activities over Korea, including the failed strategic bombing campaign and the escalating nuclear threat. Incorporating first-hand accounts from those involved, both US and Soviet....
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Excellent
- By Lorne on 11-27-19
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The Korean War
- By: Max Hastings
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 17 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall364
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Performance276
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Story275
It was the first war we could not win....
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Inspiring and Hard Hitting
- By David Ewing on 08-06-07
By: Max Hastings
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On Desperate Ground
- The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle
- By: Hampton Sides
- Narrated by: David Pittu
- Length: 12 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,085
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Performance1,877
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Story1,871
From the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War. "Superb ... A masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and arresting...
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typical armchair critic armed with hign site
- By Brent on 10-03-18
By: Hampton Sides
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This Kind of War
- The Classic Korean War History
- By: T. R. Fehrenbach
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 24 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,170
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Performance1,003
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Story998
This Kind of War is a monumental study of the conflict that began in June 1950. Successive generations of U.S. military officers have considered this book an indispensable part of their education. T. R. Fehrenbach's narrative brings to life the harrowing and bloody battles that were fought up...
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Great narrative, frustrating redundancy
- By Ted on 08-16-10
By: T. R. Fehrenbach
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In Mortal Combat
- Korea, 1950-1953
- By: John Toland
- Narrated by: Grover Gardner
- Length: 27 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall279
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Performance238
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Story238
In this brilliant narrative of America's first limited war, John Toland shows yet again why, for over two decades, he has been one of this country's most respected and popular military historians. Toland lets both the events and the participants speak for themselves....
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Slightly disappointed
- By Patrick on 09-02-19
By: John Toland
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The Last Stand of Fox Company
- A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat
- By: Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1,119
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Performance883
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Story885
November 1950, the Korean Peninsula. After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for...
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Outstanding story, poor narration
- By Stephen on 03-05-09
By: Bob Drury, and others
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MiG Alley
- The US Air Force in Korea, 1950-53
- By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall332
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Performance268
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Story267
In addition to the aerial combat over MiG Alley, this title covers the full range of US Air Force activities over Korea, including the failed strategic bombing campaign and the escalating nuclear threat. Incorporating first-hand accounts from those involved, both US and Soviet....
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Excellent
- By Lorne on 11-27-19
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Marine!
- The Life of Chesty Puller
- By: Burke Davis
- Narrated by: Bill Thatcher
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall497
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Performance455
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Story453
In the glorious chronicles of the US Marine Corps, no name is more revered than that of Lt. Gen. Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller....
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good book, God awful reading.
- By Amazon Customer on 12-28-21
By: Burke Davis
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A Brief History of Korea
- Isolation, War, Despotism and Revival: The Fascinating Story of a Resilient But Divided People
- By: Michael J. Seth
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall165
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Performance136
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Story136
Korea was one of the last countries in Asia to be visited by Westerners, and its borders have remained largely unchanged since it was unified in the seventh century. Though it is one of the world's oldest and most ethnically homogeneous states, Korea was not born in a vacuum....
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Loved the historical context but ..
- By Kathy on 01-06-20
By: Michael J. Seth
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MASH: An Army Surgeon in Korea
- By: Otto F. Apel JR. M.D., Pat Apel
- Narrated by: Dr. Bill Brooks
- Length: 9 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall128
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Performance119
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Story118
When North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, Otto Apel was a surgical resident living in Cleveland, Ohio, with his wife and three young children....
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MASH and the Korean War
- By Angie on 08-29-17
By: Otto F. Apel JR. M.D., and others
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Submarine Commander
- A Story of World War II and Korea
- By: Paul R. Schratz
- Narrated by: John N. Gully
- Length: 15 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall152
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Performance139
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Story138
A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations....
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Engrossing Memoir
- By Jean on 12-24-15
By: Paul R. Schratz
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Sgt. Reckless
- America's War Horse
- By: Robin Hutton
- Narrated by: Susan Boyce
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall622
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Performance566
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Story566
This is the complete and captivating account of how a would-be Korean racehorse became one of the greatest Marine Corps wartime heroes....
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Captivating story
- By Jean on 08-03-14
By: Robin Hutton
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The Coldest Winter
- America and the Korean War
- By: David Halberstam
- Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
- Length: 13 hrs and 51 mins
- Abridged
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Overall1,853
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Performance1,289
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Story1,281
"In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home."---The New York Times David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his...
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Almost as good as The Best and the Brightest
- By Doug on 10-02-07
By: David Halberstam
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Colder than Hell
- A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir
- By: Joseph R. Owen
- Narrated by: Richard Rohan
- Length: 9 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall440
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Performance333
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Story334
Joe Owen tells it like it was in this evocative story of a marine rifle company in the uncertain, early days of the Korean War...
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Excellent!
- By Paul on 07-20-04
By: Joseph R. Owen
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The Korean War
- A History
- By: Bruce Cumings
- Narrated by: David de Vries
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance88
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Story86
A bracing account of a war that lingers in our collective memory as both ambiguous and unjustly ignored. For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953 that has long been overshadowed by World War II, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. But as Bruce Cumings eloquently...
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A real eye-opener
- By Bookworm on 10-09-19
By: Bruce Cumings
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The Frozen Chosen
- The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir
- By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
- Narrated by: Norman Dietz
- Length: 15 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall103
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Performance91
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Story90
The Frozen Chosen is an account of the breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea by the First Marine Division from November to December 1950, following the intervention of Red China in the Korean War. Fought during the worst blizzard in a century, it is considered by the US Marine Corps...
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Fascinating story, very bad narration
- By Mat J Monk on 03-31-17
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Omar Nelson Bradley
- America's GI General, 1893-1981 (American Military Experience)
- By: Steven L. Ossad
- Narrated by: Bill Nevitt
- Length: 19 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall102
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Performance90
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Story91
Omar Nelson Bradley was the youngest and last of nine men to earn five-star rank and the only army officer so honored after World War II. This new biography gives an account of Bradley’s formative years, his decorated career, and his postwar life....
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Good biography of an important WWII general
- By Elisabeth Carey on 10-15-19
By: Steven L. Ossad
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North Korea Confidential
- Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
- By: Daniel Tudor, James Pearson
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 4 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall118
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Performance102
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Story100
North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The country's 24 million people live under a violent dictatorship led by a single family, which relentlessly pursues the development of nuclear arms....
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Interesting portrait of North Korea marred by awful pronunciation
- By Amazon Customer on 08-03-21
By: Daniel Tudor, and others
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Ghost Flames
- Life and Death in a Hidden War, Korea 1950-1953
- By: Charles J. Hanley
- Narrated by: Dan Woren
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall29
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Performance27
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Story27
A powerful, character-driven narrative of the Korean War from the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who helped uncover some of its longest-held and darkest secrets. The war that broke out in Korea on a Sunday morning seventy years ago has come to be recognized as a critical turning point in modern...
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Memories lost
- By Rick B on 09-03-20
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East of Chosin
- Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950
- By: Roy E. Appleman
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall95
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Performance85
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Story83
For the first time, there was one complete record of what happened to the army troops trapped east of the Chosin Reservoir during the first wintry blast of the Korean War....
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Apologist for MacArthur and Ned Almond
- By Peter on 11-16-11
By: Roy E. Appleman
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A Task Force Called Faith
- The Untold Story of the U.S. Army Soldiers Who Fought for Survival at Chosin Reservoir―and Honor Back Home
- By: Steve Vogel
- Narrated by: John Lescault
- Length: 16 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0
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Performance0
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Story0
The forgotten heroes of Chosin—how Task Force Faith fought against impossible odds and a legacy of unfair shame.
By: Steve Vogel
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Devotion
- An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
- By: Adam Makos
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall2,521
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Performance2,296
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Story2,293
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE BASIS FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE A “riveting” (USA Today) true tale of courage during America’s “forgotten war” in Korea, from the author of A Higher Call and Spearhead “In the spirit of Unbroken and The Boys in the Boat comes Devotion...
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BUY A HIGHER CALL FIRST - IS MUCH BETTER
- By Count B on 06-29-18
By: Adam Makos
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The Darkest Summer
- Pusan and Inchon 1950: The Battles That Saved South Korea---and the Marines---from Extinction
- By: Bill Sloan
- Narrated by: Michael Prichard
- Length: 13 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall117
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Performance90
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Story93
The outcome of the Korean War was decided in the first three months. The Darkest Summer is the hour-by-hour, casualty-by-casualty story of those months....
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Great intro to Korea
- By Lucca ate your Lunch! on 01-14-11
By: Bill Sloan
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The Farthest Valley
- Escaping the Chinese Trap at the Chosin Reservoir
- By: Joseph Wheelan
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 13 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance4
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Story4
A history of the legendary extraction of the Fifth and Seventh Marines from a Chinese trap, told for the first time using Chinese sources.
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Chilling and Haunting
- By Rebecca Hill on 01-26-26
By: Joseph Wheelan
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The Quiet Professional: Major Richard J. Meadows of the U.S. Army Special Forces
- American Warriors
- By: Alan Hoe
- Narrated by: David Gilmore
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall280
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Performance247
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Story245
Major Richard J. "Dick" Meadows is renowned in military circles as a key figure in the development of the U.S. Army Special Operations....
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Another possibly good book ruined by poor performance
- By Justin L. on 11-15-20
By: Alan Hoe
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The General vs. the President
- MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
- By: H. W. Brands
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 15 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall759
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Performance675
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Story669
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman...
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A Vivid Dramatic Accounting
- By Jean on 11-11-16
By: H. W. Brands
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The US Army's First, Last, and Only All-Black Rangers
- The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 1950-1951
- By: Edward L. Posey Master Sergeant Ret.
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 8 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance4
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Story4
The 2nd Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the first and only all-black Ranger unit in the history of the United States Army. The 2nd and 4th Rangers were among the units initially assigned to the Eighth Army and were considered to be "combat ready." The 2nd Ranger Company battled North...
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Korea
- War Without End
- By: Richard Dannatt, Robert Lyman
- Narrated by: Mark Elstob
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall1
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Performance1
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Story1
Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century.
By: Richard Dannatt, and others
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M*A*S*H
- TV Milestones
- By: David Scott Diffrient
- Narrated by: Gary D. MacFadden
- Length: 4 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall19
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Performance16
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Story16
Few American television series are as deeply entrenched in twentieth-century popular culture as M*A*S*H, a Korean War medical comedy characterized by its dark tone and finesse in tackling serious social and political issues....
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Escaping the Trap
- The US Army X Corps in Northeast Korea, 1950
- By: Roy E. Appleman
- Narrated by: Kevin Foley
- Length: 17 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance13
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Story15
After its successful landing at Inchon and capture of Seoul in September 1950, the U.S. X Corps was joined by Eighth Army, and many people expected the two commands to be combined into one....
By: Roy E. Appleman
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Gods of Tin
- The Flying Years
- By: James Salter
- Narrated by: Jeff Woodman
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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Story11
A singular life often circles around a singular moment, an occasion when one's life in the world is defined forever and the emotional vocabulary set....
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Closest thing to being there
- By Thomas on 04-30-18
By: James Salter