The forgotten war : America in Korea, 1950-1953 / Clay Blair.
Military history of the Korean War that combines battlefield level detail with command-level history as well as the domestic and international political dimensions of the war. The Korean war was a turning point in the ideolgoical struggle between Communism and the West; Cold War turned into Hot War,...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Times Books,
[1987], ©1987.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 1,136 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- pt. 1, Eve of war :
- Washington, 1949-1950
- Tokyo and Seoul, 1949-1950
- pt. 2, Drawing a line :
- Momentous decisions
- Fantastical deployments
- pt. 3, Retreat to the Pusan perimeter :
- Taejon lost
- "Stand or die"
- pt. 4, Defending the perimeter :
- Pusan saved
- Taegu saved
- Magnificent victory
- pt. 5, The liberation of South Korea :
- Seoul recaptured
- Pursuit and exploitation
- pt. 6, The invasion of North Korea :
- Crossing the 38th Parallel
- On to the Yalu
- pt. 7, Drastic miscalculations :
- The Chinese strike
- "Land happy"
- pt. 8, Disaster and retreat :
- The second Chinese offensive
- Shocking losses
- A ray of sunshine
- pt. 9, Ridgway to Korea :
- A "defeated" army?
- The third Chinese offensive
- pt. 10, Counterattacks :
- "Eighth Army in good shape"
- The fourth Chinese offensive
- pt. 11, Return to the 38th Parallel :
- Killer and ripper
- Courageous, Tomahawk, and Rugged
- pt. 12, Van Fleet to Korea :
- MacArthur sacked
- The fifth Chinese offensive
- pt. 13, Red China checked :
- The sixth Chinese offensive
- Stalemate
- The talking war.