
Spare Not the Brave
The Special Activities Group in Korea
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Narrated by:
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Capt. Kevin F. Spalding USNR-Ret
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By:
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Richard L. Kiper
The Special Activities Group (SAG) and its subordinate companies have received little attention from historians, despite being an elite combat unit and participating in highly classified and dangerous missions in Korea. Rarely receiving more attention than a footnote, their story usually begins and ends on the night of September 12, 1950, with an amphibious raid near Kunsan. Until their inactivation on March 31, 1951, SAG simply disappears from most Korean War histories. Spare Not the Brave corrects this omission.
Spare Not the Brave tells the story of the extraordinary missions carried out by this group of extraordinary soldiers. Recruited primarily from the Far East Command headquarters, these men received six weeks of training and then were thrust into combat in Korea. Boarding rubber boats in the Yellow Sea and paddling to shore far behind enemy lines, they conducted a diversionary landing near Kunsan, then landed at Inchon, and sailed to the Wonsan area of North Korea. There, SAG was augmented with a battalion of South Korean soldiers. Together they conducted counter-guerrilla operations until overwhelming Chinese intervention forced all Allied units to withdraw from the North.
Drawing on his 26 years of infantry and special forces experience, Kiper brings critical analysis and insight to this previously untold story. Spare Not the Brave fills a gap in the historiography of the Korean War and adds a valuable chapter to the history of US Army special operations.
The book is published by The Kent State University Press.
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Excellent History Lesson!
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Let me start by saying I tend to favor Fiction. That being said, this book took around two hours to simply set up the historical background for the stories of the SAG.
If you are a history buff you will love this book. If you want to hear some great stories about the Korean War this is a good book worth wandering through the set up.
Kevin Spalding narrates this book well, clear spoken and articulate. He does this book justice. I, not being a history buff, did not get sleepy in the beginning parts and was kept interested in the stories of the Special Activities Group. If you enjoyed:
Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose or
Endurance by Alfred Lansing
you would enjoy this as well.
Not a history buff? Still a good listen...
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The narration is good; he sounds much like a college professor with good dictation and is easy to understand
This book starts at the very beginning of Korea as a nation and its long history of invasions, Warlords and historical lack of stability
We move to the Korean War of the 50s. A tense time with the USA in the start of a decades long Cold War with the PRC and the Soviet Union. The book does an excellent job of explains how it came about and the thinking from all sides.
SAG is part of the fabric of the war. The role comes from few the small amounts of archived material and a lot from the people that were part of the group as the author was given access to the veterans to tell their story and an interesting one it is indeed
Part SOE, SAS , US Military thinking at the time and IMO the start of the later "Hearts & Minds " thinking that was prevalent in my generations war Vietnam.
If you want to understand the roots of the conflict, the start of Hearts and Minds , covert activity etc give fit a listen. I learned a lot about a period I was not very well versed.
I was given this book by the author to review these are my opinions and are honest based on a interest in history and as a Vet.
Know the roots of the Korean War and events? SAG ?
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Good Story That Needs To Be Told!
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In depth
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i got a free copy of this book
it covered a lot more than just SAG
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