大衛•哈伯斯塔姆，1934年生於紐約市，1955年畢業於哈佛大學，1960年入《紐約時報》華盛頓分社，投入廣泛的美國民權運動報道中，1962年成為該報駐越南西貢特派記者。他是美國知名傳播學者以及曆史學傢，美國戰地新聞記者，最受美國人尊敬的記者之一，“水門事件”揭發人伍德沃德稱其為“記者之父”。1964年，30歲的哈伯斯塔姆因由西貢發迴的新聞報道而榮膺當年的普利策奬，美國總統林登•約翰遜因此稱其為“國傢叛徒”。哈伯斯塔姆曾先後創作瞭二十多本暢銷書，其中包括《最寒冷的鼕天》《齣類拔萃之輩》。2007年4月23日，哈伯斯塔姆在為他的下一本書進行采訪途中因車禍罹難。

《最寒冷的鼕天:美國人眼中的朝鮮戰爭》首度全麵揭秘朝鮮戰爭的真相：硝煙彌漫的20世紀，為什麼唯獨朝鮮戰爭讓美國人不忍言說卻又無法遺忘？這次不再是欲言又止，而是一次全麵的檢討。金日成“想用刺刀碰一碰南方的土地”，差點點燃“第三次世界大戰”的戰火；李承晚軍的不堪一擊，迫使美國打著聯閤國的旗號赤裸上陣；斯大林按兵不動背後的戰略意圖，讓毛澤東麵臨是否派兵入朝的艱難抉擇。大衛•哈伯斯塔姆醞釀40多年，耗時10餘春鞦，完成其生命最後之作——《最寒冷的鼕天(美國人眼中的朝鮮戰爭)》。為創作《最寒冷的鼕天(美國人眼中的朝鮮戰爭)》，他走訪瞭諸多知名圖書館和研究機構，從浩如煙海的資料中探尋曆史的隱秘；他訪問瞭100多位散布美國各個角落的朝鮮戰爭幸存老兵，在無法承受的生命之重中聆聽人性的呼喚。朝鮮戰爭對參戰各方來說都是很殘酷的。哈伯斯塔姆為我們描繪和剖析瞭二戰後這場“為平局而死”的戰爭，並從獨特的角度得齣瞭關乎曆史和未來的一係列發人深思的新結論。

"In a grand gesture of reclamation and remembrance, Mr. Halberstam has brought the war back home."

-- The New York Times David Halberstam's magisterial and thrilling The Best and the Brightest was the defining book about the Vietnam conflict. More than three decades later, Halberstam used his unrivaled research and formidable journalistic skills to shed light on another pivotal moment in our history: the Korean War. Halberstam considered The Coldest Winter his most accomplished work, the culmination of forty-five years of writing about America's postwar foreign policy. Halberstam gives us a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu River and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his soldiers by surprise. He provides astonishingly vivid and nuanced portraits of all the major figures-Eisenhower, Truman, Acheson, Kim, and Mao, and Generals MacArthur, Almond, and Ridgway. At the same time, Halberstam provides us with his trademark highly evocative narrative journalism, chronicling the crucial battles with reportage of the highest order. As ever, Halberstam was concerned with the extraordinary courage and resolve of people asked to bear an extraordinary burden. The Coldest Winter is contemporary history in its most literary and luminescent form, providing crucial perspective on every war America has been involved in since. It is a book that Halberstam first decided to write more than thirty years ago and that took him nearly ten years to complete. It stands as a lasting testament to one of the greatest journalists and historians of our time, and to the fighting men whose heroism it chronicles.

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