Title: Convoluted Style
Product review: I wanted to like this book as I noted it has been claimed a classic by many past reviewers. Mark Twain one said, "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read." Well I tried, and after about 75 pages, I had to put this book down. The reason? A curious writing style more attuned to an historical novel than serious history. And although some may appreciate this style, I found it longwinded and short on substance. Additionally, the course of the war, in general, is difficult to follow because it is told via interconnected vignettes as seen by lower ranking GIs; there are no references (and many times no attribution at all) as to where the author gained his information or how they fit into the bigger picture. My impression is that the author simply assembled a skeletal framework of facts and filled in the rest with imaginative prose which may be accurate or not. My search for a good study of the Korean War continues...
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