''Single Handed'' is a 2015

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book by Daniel M. Cohen about

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recipient Tibor "Teddy" Rubin. As part of his research for the book, Cohen used 40 hours of recorded conversations with Rubin.

Reception

AP writer Jerry Harkavy wrote that ''Single Handed'' "is a story of endurance, bravery and determination that rivals that of

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, the hero of

Laura Hillenbrand Laura Hillenbrand (born May 15, 1967) is an American author. Her two bestselling nonfiction books, '' Seabiscuit: An American Legend'' (2001) and '' Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption'' (2010), have sold over ...

’s ''Unbroken'', the best-seller about a World War II aviator who survived 47 days on a life raft in the Pacific before being held captive and tortured in a Japanese prison". Jack Fischel wrote for the

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that "Daniel M. Cohen provides a riveting account of one of the most courageous heroes of the Korean War". He added that "Cohen describes in detail the “red-tape,” the anti-Semitism and the resistance of the army bureaucracy in thwarting Tibor from receiving the medal". In her review, Sue Brooke wrote that Single Handed is a "compelling true story of one of the most heroic men of the Korean War. At the time he served, he was not even a U. S. citizen". The Forward called the book "riveting".

References

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