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David Halberstam

“Fear was the terrible secret of the battlefiled and could afflict the brave as well as the timid. Worse it was contagious, and could destroy a unit before a battle even began. Because of that, commanders were first and foremost in the fear suppression business.”

David Halberstam, The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War
tags: fear, korean-war
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The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War by David Halberstam
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