A review by tinkygirl
On Desperate Ground: The Marines at the Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle by Hampton Sides

5.0

Apparently Hampton Sides can make anything interesting to me. I have never enjoyed any accounts of war, but I found this book fascinating. The book details the battle at the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War and the events leading up to it. Unlike some history authors who just supply a book's worth of facts, Sides provides a moving narrative of the men involved in the battle... while still supplying all the facts. Can I give this book six stars?