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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The master of military historical fiction turns his discerning eye to the Korean War in this riveting novel, which tells the dramatic story of the Americans and the Chinese who squared off in one of the deadliest campaigns in the annals of combat: the Battle…

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1 author picked The Frozen Hours as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

I enjoy military history and learning about timeframes that are less familiar to me, like the Korean War in this instance. 

Shaara brings history to life by revealing events through the eyes of those experiencing it firsthand. He does not focus on the stories and myths of “heroes” or those considered to be by posterity but instead focuses on the grind of the ordinary moments suffered day by day. 

The stories seem both personal and believable, the tragic and the heroic.

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