Truce Tent and Fighting Front covers the last two years in the Korean War and treats the seemingly interminable armistice negotiations and the violent but sporadic fighting at the front. The scene therefore frequently shifts from the dialectic; propaganda; and frustrations at the conference table to the battles on key hills and at key outposts. The author presents a solid and meaningful reconstruction of the truce negotiations; he develops the issues debated and captures the color of the arguments and the arguers. The planning and events that guided or influenced the proceedings on the United Nations side are thoroughly explained. The volume abounds in object lessons and case studies that illustrate problems American officers may encounter in negotiating with Communists. Problems encountered by the U.N. high command in handling recalcitrant Communist prisoners of war within the spirit and letter of the Geneva Convention are explained with clarity and sympathy. Truce Tent and Fighting Front is offered to all thoughtful citizens ---military and civilian--- as a contribution to the literature of limited war. Hal C. Pattison Brigadier General; USA Chief of Military History
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. I wish everyone in the food movement would read this book.By CustomerThis book explains clearly and concisely; with humor and wit; the things that scholars have discovered about 'authenticity' over the last fifty years. The things of the world do not 'naturally' fall into two categories of authentic and fake. We create the categories and we put things in them; and there are many kinds of ways for things to become 'authentic' in some sense of the word.I work with many people in the contemporary food movement on issues of health; environment and social justice. People want a lot more from their food these days besides taste and a nice label. But they also want food to be authentic; and that term gets thrown into the mix without much thought about what it means. Sometimes ambiguous words help people find some common ground when they really don't agree on things at all. And this usually leads to trouble in the future. I really wish more people would read this book; in the food movement; as well as in the art world; in the antique business; in real estate; and a whole host of other occupations that regularly deal with putting value on things on the basis of their authenticity.
