Face of the Enemy

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Summary: Face of the Enemy
Review: William Russell has done it again. The author of Stalemate and Standoff and Ten Days at Whitehorse, both entertaining and educational factual accounts of his experiences as a combat correspondent in Korea, has produced a block buster novel about the same turbulent period. Face of the Enemy is a moving story that tracks the paths of two soldiers, one an American the other a Chinese Communist through the Korean War and their ultimate confrontation on a hotly contested outpost near the end of the conflict

The story also has its poignant moments, especially when Kenneth Purvis, the American combat correspondent meets Lee Nam Soo, a chaste and lovely Korean woman and they fall in love. The thoughtful and intelligent Cho Ping Lee, the communist soldier is brilliantly portrayed as he gradually becomes more and more disillusioned with the communist cause. Ultimately, however, being a man of honor, he does his duty as a soldier.

Face of the enemy is a unique portrayal of people in wartime and is a must buy for thoughtful readers.

Chuck Dowling, Captain USMCR, author of To Keep Our Honor Clean. Grand Prize Winner, Gardenia Press novel contest 2001