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Title: Spare Not the Brave

Subtitle: The Special Activities Group in Korea

Author: Richard L. Kiper

Narrator: Capt. Kevin F. Spalding USNR-Ret

Format: Unabridged

Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-07-17

Publisher: University Press Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: History, Military

Publisher's Summary:

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.

Critic Reviews:

"Spare Not the Brave should be required reading for Special Forces and War College students, and recommended reading for all soldiers. In fact, anyone with an interest in military history, the US Army, and Special Operations forces will find this book a rewarding read." (On Point: The Journal of Army History)

Members Reviews:

Excellent History Lesson!

I was provided this free review copy audiobook by the author or narrator." This review is for the audio copy of Spare Not the Brave: The Special Activities Group in Korea by Richard L. Kiper and narrated by Capt. Kevin F. Spalding USNR-Ret. This was a very comprehensive history of a particular army unit as described in the title. As such, be prepared for a listen that would fit right into a college level lecture/class study on this subject. The author does an excellent job providing copious amounts of background information regarding Korea, and events leading up to and through the police action. Do NOT get this book if you are expecting an action adventure story based on history. This is a verbal history course with information that I had not known or understood prior to listening to this book. It takes an effort to get through it because of the format and the high level specific information. It is not for the faint of heart in regards to slogging through this information. What made it palatable for me were the efforts of the narrator. His tone, cadence and inflection enabled me to listen to the book in its entirety. I believe that if I tried to read this material I would have stopped about 1/3 of the way through. But, being able to listen to it helped me get through what could be viewed as a tedium amount of superfluous information.