David Rees (2) (1928–)

This book provides an excellent overview of the Korean War, with many photographs. The chapter on the aftermath and implications of the war, while dated, remains a high point of the book.

1667 Korea: The Limited War, by David Rees (read 29 Oct 1981) This is a 1963 book by a British free-lance writer. I found the book fascinating and am very glad I read it. It recounts for me so much that was of Supreme Interest to me in those years of maximum awareness to the most important things happening, 1950-1951, but also covers periods when I was in isolation relatively speaking, e.g., boot camp from 21 Aug 1951, to early Nov 1951, and at sea from Jan 1953 to July 1953. The author does show more not do a good job discussing U.S. politics--he simply is not very at home in the subject--but his outlook does coincide in ways with what mine was in those turbulent months when I was in my first year of law school and political argument was always so important to me. And there is much I learned from the book--putting it together as it does was enlightening . The book includes the full text of the Armistice documents, and I read them word for word, realizing the immense efforts that went on over every sentence. show less

This book is a synthesis of other people's research, written for a more or less popular audience instead of an academic audience. It is a reasonably quick and easy read, but doesn't include any original research. Rees wants to show that Wales played a role in Henry VII's usurpation of the English throne - in other words, he's trying to demonstrate that Wales is important too.

Superb. Nothing is missed. SEL