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Retreat, Hell! a Corps Novel [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by W. E. B. Griffin (Author)

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Hardcover: 930 pages
Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (March 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786262540
ISBN-13: 978-0786262540
Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.4 x 4.6 cm
Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg

Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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Megaseller Griffin (Honor Bound; Brotherhood of War; Men at War) musters another solid entry in his series chronicling the history of the U.S. Marines, now engaged in the Korean War. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, nicknamed El Supremo by his subordinates, is taken by surprise when the North Korean Army surges south across the 38th parallel. After early losses, he rallies his troops and stems the tide, but not for long. Intertwining stories of literally an army of characters reveal how MacArthur and his sycophantic staff overlook the entire Red Chinese Army, which is massed behind the Yalu River and about to enter the war. Brig. Gen. Fleming Pickering attempts to mediate the ongoing battles between feisty, give-'em-hell Harry Truman and the haughty MacArthur, while worrying about his pilot son, Malcolm "Pick" Pickering, who has been shot down behind enemy lines. The introduction of the Sikorsky H-19A helicopter into the war by Maj. Kenneth "Killer" McCoy and sidekick Master Gunner Ernie Zimmerman details the invention of tactics that will become commonplace in Vietnam. Readers looking for guts and glory military action will be disappointed, as barely a shot is fired in anger, but fans of Griffin's work understand that the pleasures are in the construction of a complex, big-picture history of war down to its smallest details: "There were two men in the rear seat, both of them wearing fur-collared zippered leather jackets officially known as Jacket, Flyers, Intermediate Type G-1." Veterans of the series will enjoy finding old comrades caught up in fresh adventures, while new-guy readers can easily enter here and pick up the ongoing story.
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Griffin is the author of five series, including Honor Bound, Brotherhood of War, The Corps, Badge of Honor, and Men at War--33 books for those readers who are still counting. In this latest book in The Corps, Griffin sets the action in Korea in 1950 during the war. The plot involves a disagreement between General Douglas MacArthur and Major Kenneth McCoy on just where the Chinese are waiting to engage U.S. troops. Another protagonist, General Fleming Pickering, is kept busy mediating the growing quarrel between MacArthur and President Truman. Pickering's son, a marine pilot, is missing after being shot down behind enemy lines. There are lots of other characters, all keen on destroying the bad guys. Like his other novels, this one is filled with military jargon and tough talk. The setting is worldwide: locales include South Korea, a neuropsychiatric ward in a San Diego naval hospital, Tokyo, Wake Island, the Sea of Japan, and the White House. There also are lots of top-secret memos and military abbreviations but not much suspense. In Griffin's novels, the good guys always win. However, the author has a knack for smoothly combining fact with fiction, giving his work a realistic veneer. George Cohen
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2.0 out of 5 stars Spooky Marines, Sep 28 2007

By	Pol Sixe "hpolvi" (Thornhill, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Retreat Hell (Hardcover)

This was my first WEB Griffin novel and not having read any of the other Marine Corps series I found this was not a very good standalone book with too much background exposition required and pre-knowledge of the main characters. Set in post-Inchon landing Korea (fall 1950) we have a small group of clever CIA types working within the Marine Corps. For some reason I kept thinking of the over-the-top "Colonel Flagg" character in M*A*SH as a counterpoint... As a fact meets fiction story I found the conversations with and about actual people - Truman, MaCarthur, Al Haig (!), Gen. Almond bemusing. There is more wit and yarn spinning in the minor role Captains/clerks and admin-types who work the side stories, and this is the world Griffin/Butterworth would appear to know best. All the "action" occurs between the chapters and we have mainly dialogues in offices, hotel rooms and bases planning and debriefing events. The 50's military here is depicted to be very concerned with protocol - who salutes who, when to say "aye aye sir", when to appear in clean clothes...offset by casual friendships between ranks. Not great-was it the last from this author??, but I'll try the previous book "Under Fire"...

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3.0 out of 5 stars from inchon to where?, Jul 19 2004

By	usmc [ret] "vmf114mag24" (BRECKSVILLE, OHIO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Retreat Hell (Hardcover)

Good action book, however title doesn't reflect book, since the story ends around 5 Nov, about 3 to 4weeks before the Chosin campaign. ONLY mention of the Chosin campaignis is the AFTERWORD, in which Griffin completly underestimates the numer of Chinese that attacked 8th Army, X Corps & 1st Marine Division by over 290.000 men. He ought to have checked the official records, rather than using "El Supremo's' figures. In addition, the cover art is of the late Marine Paul Ison of Florida, and his dash through the 'Valley of Death' on OKINOWA in 1945! What does this have to do with Korea, except Mr. Ison was a Marine. Other than poor facts, book was good. He had the Chinese estimates better in the fiction part of the book.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great from Griffin,but....., Jul 17 2004

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This review is from: Retreat Hell (Hardcover)

A typically absorbing read from the Master with brilliant,deadly accurate battle descriptions,but,like Roy Jaruk (an earlier reviewer), I still get confused about where in Killer McCoy's life we really are.I've felt familiar with the Pickering family for years,but so many unfilled detail about their lives between the end of WW11 and the start of the Korean conflict. And what happened to Clyde Dawkins and all the guys we left in the Pacific? Please WEB,write us some fill-in novels to bring us up to speed!

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great story
This book is an epic, in the grand style, set during the Korean War of 1950-53. Following the Inchon landings, the North Korean Army is on the run. Read more

Published on Jun 1 2004 by Kurt A. Johnson

1.0 out of 5 stars Where's the story?
I have read all of his books and couldn't wait for this one. What a dissapointment. I have about 50 pages left and haven't seen any fighting action at all or even a plot or... Read more

Published on April 19 2004

1.0 out of 5 stars W.E.B. Griffin is slipping
I read the first 7 or 8 of Griffin's books on the Corps, but this one leaves me flat. Griffin's goes into great detail on his characters but there is no real plot. Read more

Published on April 4 2004 by BillT1620

2.0 out of 5 stars Just not the same
I became a fan of W. E. B. Griffin in 1994 when I read the first book in the Corps series. I was hooked and subsequently read all of his offerings that were in print, and eagerly... Read more

Published on Mar 23 2004 by gbr125