Written by a British newspaper reporter who covered the latter stages of the war, this book contains narrative from extensive interviews with particpants in the Korean War, including many Chinese, which differentiates it from most other accounts. A portion of the book is devoted to the political underpinnings of Chinese intervention. The author provides supporting evidence for recent conclusions by figures such as U.S. General Matthew Ridgeway, that the intial N. Korean invasion was carried out without advance knowledge by China, which then hastily sent ill-equipped troops into battle after UN forces defeated North Korea. But most of the book is comprised of gripping individual experiences of the battlefield from the perspective of the Chinese foot solider. Whether it be destroying tanks by close assault, surviving the ever-present American airstrikes, or the amazing bluff of marching Chinese commandos masquerading as South Koreans directly into a US battalion headquarters, any reader with an interest in wartime accounts will be well rewarded by time spent with this book

I was a automatic rifleman (BAR) in the USMC during the 1st 4 months of the Korean War, wounded at the Chosin Reservoir. Enter the Dragon is a fascinating story told from the Chinese view. It is seldom that anyone in combat ever gets to see his theater of action reported on by his enemy. After 40 years I turned to the books on the war. This one is As Good As it Gets. Anyone interested in the Korean War from the enemy "grunt's" view, this is your book.

This was a very decent and well researched account of the final mission of the Japanese Battleship 'Yamato'. The story was told well and the author made good use of first hand accounts by the participants on both sides. The book shows that not all Japanese were fanatical in their desire to die for no good cause, a lot where soldiers/sailors doing their duty as they saw fit.

The author presented some very interesting accounts of young Japanese sailors and of some young American pilots. It also offered a overview of the whole suicide campaign against Allied forces off Okinawa. This was a easy book to read and I came away feeling sorry for alot of the American & Japanese servicemen who gave their lives for the country. A good read!

This account certainly deserves five stars, no question about it. Spurr presents an excellent and very readable account of the last sailing of the Yamato on it's suicide mission to Okinawa. The author switches back and forth between the American side and the Japanese side, and, because of this, presents two sides of the same event. And, when reading both sides, the reader gets the impression that the author has done one heck of a job of research. The American characters, and especially the Japanese characters, come alive as real people, in real situations, in real action. Spurr has done an excellent job in both research and presentation; the book is exciting and hard to put down once you start reading. I was also impressed with the clarity of maps and diagrams, which, in most books of this period, are so small and blurry they are impossible to read. A great battleship. A great story.

Wonderful. This great book is an exciting account of the Yamato's final mission. Incredibly readable and detailed, Spurr combines some of the best traditions of naval history into a single, elegant account. This book gives the reader a good feel for what the final days of the "Yamato" were like. If you like naval history, you should enjoy "A Glorious Way to Die."