Retreat, Hell! (The Corps Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (854 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593553005 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 441 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-02-29 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. Before Retreat, Hell! is finished, all their fates will be determined - and for some of them, it will be a bitter pill indeed.. The bit in his teeth, Douglas MacArthur is intent on surging across the 38th parallel toward the Yalu River, where he is certain no Chinese are waiting for him, while Major Ken McCoy, operating undercover, hears a different story entirely, and is just as intent on nailing down the truth before it is too late. Meanwhile,
"An incomplete story, making the final novel disappointing" according to Jerrie Brock. Don't know if Griffin intended to go on with the another in the series or what the idea was, but the book seems about half finished. After reading all the other 9, you get left in the middle of an incomplete story. Its ridiculous, really, to end it without really knowing what the e. Semper Fi! WEB Griffin has done it again. D. Clement I am prejudiced in that I am a Marine. But even a bit of pro Marine Corps prejudice is not what convinces me that WEB Griffin is a great writer. As far as I know he never served in the Corps, but he captures our ethos and our esprit de corps far better than any other author I know.. "McCoy and friends try to dope out Chinese intentions as MacArthur pushes north after Inchon" according to Dan Berger. Griffin concludes his series with the fateful events of fall 1950. MacArthur’s bold counterattack at Inchon has reversed the Korean War’s tide and has the North Koreans retreating in disarray. MacArthur wants to press his advantage into North Korea and finish the war by
Gen. Marines, now engaged in the Korean War. The introduction of the Sikorsky H-19A helicopter into the war by Maj. Kenneth "Killer" McCoy and sidekick Master Gunner Ernie Zimmerman details the invention of tactics that will become commonplace in Vietnam. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, nicknamed El Supremo by his subordinates, is taken by surprise when the North Korean Army surges south across the 38th parallel. Brig. Readers looking for guts and glory military action will be disappointed, as barely a shot is fired in anger, but fans of Griffin's work understand that the pleasures are in the construction of a complex, big-picture history of war down to its smallest details: "There were two men in the rear seat, both of them wearing fur-collared zippered leather jackets officially known as Jacket, Flyers, Intermediate Type G-1." Veterans of the series w