Retreat, Hell!, W.E.B. Griffin
Retreat, Hell!, W.E.B. Griffin
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Retreat, Hell!

Author: W.E.B. Griffin

Narrator: Dick Hill

Unabridged: 17 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/05/2012

Synopsis

It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them. The bit in his teeth, Douglas MacArthur is intent on surging across the 38th parallel toward the Yalu River, where he is certain no Chinese are waiting for him, while Major Ken McCoy, operating undercover, hears a different story entirely, and is just as intent on nailing down the truth before it is too late. Meanwhile, Brigadier General Fleming Pickering, shuttling between two continents, works desperately to mediate the escalating battle between MacArthur and President Harry Truman, while trying to keep his mind from the cold fact that somewhere out there, his own daredevil pilot son, Pick, is lost behind enemy lines - and may be lost forever. Before Retreat, Hell! is finished, all their fates will be determined - and for some of them, it will be a bitter pill indeed.

About W.E.B. Griffin

W. E. B. Griffin is also the author of the bestselling Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, and Honor Bound series. He has been invested into the orders of St. George of the U.S. Armor Association and St. Andrew of the U.S. Army Aviation Association, and is a life member of the U.S. Special Operations Association; Gaston-Lee Post 5660, Veterans of Foreign Wars; China Post #1 in Exile of the American Legion; and the Police Chiefs Association of Southeast Pennsylvania, South New Jersey, and Delaware. He is an honorary life member of the U.S. Army Otter & Caribou Association, the U.S. Army Special Forces Association, the U.S. Marine Corps Raider Association, and the USMC Combat Correspondents Association.

Reviews

Goodreads review by DanielL on November 30, 2018

RETREAT, HELL! is book 10 of 10 in The Corps series. I binged read all 10 books in less than 3 months. I stopped and read something else but quickly returned to the series. The reason that I found the entire series so addicting is that there are constant characters throughout most of the series, e.g......more

Goodreads review by Gilbert on March 14, 2022

History repeats itself, as it actually did in the Korean War. After having been caught by surprise by North Korea initiating the war, it is clear that MacArthur and his staff are about to be caught by surprise again by the Chinese entering the war. The military part of this novel is all about Picker......more

Goodreads review by Keith on December 08, 2020

Some good action in this one though a lot of it is discussion after the fact. As usual there's far too much back story. Either the author expects many people to read a series out of order or that faithful readers are idiots. I'm not sure which bothers me more. The point that almost had me rating this......more

Goodreads review by Cedar on February 28, 2015

I had spent a year in Korea with the 503rd Infantry at Camp Casey before I read this book, and I knew the bullet points of that war, ROK (Republic of Korea) + Task Force Smith pushed back to the Naktong river aka Pusan Perimeter, Macarthur lands at Incheon destroying the Nork army then racing up the......more

Goodreads review by Fredrick on November 11, 2019

Major Ken "Killer" McCoy is about to be separated from the Marine Corps due to an intelligence report he submitted that disagrees with General MacArther's beliefs regarding Korea. McCoy is kept on active duty and runs an intelligence gathering operation investigating possible Chinese intervention in......more

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