Michael Hickey

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Michael Hickey is a graduate of Northeastern University, Boston, MA, and a Master of Divinity Studies graduate of Weston Jesuit, Cambridge, MA, The Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. Following a career as a corporate executive for a Fortune 500 company, he became a Director of two 501 vis mere C-3 charitable non-profits; he was Executive Director of Food For The Poor Inc., Deerfield Beach, FL, and Development Director for My Brother's Table Soup Kitchen, Lynn, MA. When he began to approach retirement, he began his own marketing business, retiring as a successful entrepreneur in his late fifties to teach and write. He has had three works published; Get Wisdom, Get Goodness, and Get Real. The former was self-published and the latter two books were published by University Press of America. He is married to Theresa, a published poet, and in their fifty years of marriage they have raised four happy and "well adjusted" children into adulthood. vis mindre

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The Korean War: The West Confronts Communism af Michael Hickey

So I finished The Korean War: The West Confronts Communism by Michael Hickey. A really good book that missed being great. A history on The Korean War by a soldier who fought for the United Kingdom and was going to bring the perspective of the non U.S. soldiers who fought under the auspices of the United Nations.

I expected a integrated history of The Korean War and in some respects it was wildly successful bringing the face of the war and the contributions of the U.K. and other members of the Commonwealth Contigent. The book to a lesser degree touched on contributions of India, Pakistan, Greece, Turkey and Columbia as well as aspects of the war from the North Koreans, China and The Soviet Union. So far wildly successful.
The big at a high level desks with the origins of the war, the failure of the Truman administration and Dean Acheson to leave Korea out of the strategic concerns of the United States in the Far East and the consequences of this oversight. Their is a fair degree of attention given to the early days of the war and the lack of resources and professionalism and preparation of the available soldiers by the U.S.
The leadership both good and bad by General Douglas MacArthur including his finest moments in risking the integrity of the Pusan Perimeter for the amphibious landing at Inchon.

The book takes the reader through learning and relearning of small unit tactics as well and leadership from the lowest to highest levels. The insubordination and sacking of MacArthur for Matthew Ridgeway.

The book also reviews at a high level the peace talks as well as the problems and the prisoners camps on both sides.

Where the book fails in my opinion is in having a well defined integrated history of the war by U.N. forces it is instead a book heavily dedicated to the history of the Commonwealth Forces. If the book had achieved a fully integrated history of United Nation forces and the Communist forces it would have been a even better history of the war.

Well worth the reading but so close to a great history, but alas falls short a 3.3 to 4 star review of the book.… (mere)

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dsha67 | Sep 14, 2021 |

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