Voices from the Korean war : personal stories of American, Korean, and Chinese soldiers / Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Peters, Richard A.
Other Authors: Li, Xiaobing, 1954-
Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2004], ©2004.
Subjects:
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Personal narratives.
Genre:
Personal narratives.
Physical Description:xviii, 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part One. The Korean war: a short history
  • 1. Background and origins of the war
  • 2. The opening phase: south toward Pusan, north to the Yalu
  • 3. China enters the war
  • 4. The Chosin reservoir retreat and advance to the north
  • 5. Truce talks and prison riots
  • 6. Trench warfare and peace
  • Part Two. Many faces, one war
  • 7. Getting to Korea
  • 8. A mortar man's story
  • 9. Escaping the trap
  • 10. A North Korean officer's story
  • 11. China's crouching dragon
  • Part Three. Chosin accounts
  • 12. The Chosin reservoir: a marine's story
  • 13. The Chosin reservoir: a Chinese captain's story
  • Part Four. On the front lines
  • 14. The Hwachon reservoir fighting
  • 15. Life on the MLR
  • 16. A BAR man's story
  • 17. First combat
  • 18. Outpost Harry
  • 19. A ROK lieutenant survives the bloody ridges
  • 20. The Chinese go underground
  • 21. North and south: a Korean youth serves in both armies
  • Part Five. Behind the front lines
  • 22. The "lighter" side of the war
  • 23. A Korean housewife's story
  • Part Six. POW camps: north and south
  • 24. An american officer observes the Koje island uprising
  • 25. One week of war, three years of captivity
  • 26. A first sergeant's experience as a POW
  • 27. Organizing the riots on Koje: Colonel Zhao's story
  • Perspectives on the war.