Korean WarIt was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now Max Hastings, preeminent military historian takes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than 200 vets—including the Chinese—Hastings follows real officers and soldiers through the battles. He brilliantly captures the Cold War crisis at home—the strategies and politics of Truman, Acheson, Marshall, MacArthur, Ridgway, and Bradley—and shows what we should have learned in the war that was the prelude to Vietnam. |
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LibraryThing Review
Avis d'utilisateur - LynnB - LibraryThingMax Hastings is a very good writer. In this book, he writes about the experiences of those involved in the Korean war. Talking about on-the-ground experiences is something this author does so well ... Consulter l'avis complet
LibraryThing Review
Avis d'utilisateur - Hebephrene - LibraryThingAn extremely readable history of the conflict. The strength here is the inclusion of his interviews with 200 people including some Chinese, British soldiers and Korean non combatants. The book is ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
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| 15 | |
| 76 | |
The Dismissal of Mac Arthur | 197 |
The Stony Road | 228 |
The Intelligence War | 243 |
The War on the Hills | 270 |
The Prisoners | 286 |
The Pursuit of Peace | 305 |
Hindsight | 330 |
Chronology | 345 |
Select Bibliography and a Note on Sources | 361 |
List of Maps | 378 |
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1st Marine 38th Parallel Acheson Air Force aircraft allies American ammunition Arthur artillery assault attack Author interview battalion battle battlefield became began bomb Brigade British camp campaign casualties Chiefs of Staff China Chinese Colonel commander committed Communist Condron Corps declared defense deployed desperate Division East Eighth Army enemy fighting fire front guns Hagaru headquarters Imjin Inchon infantry Japan Japanese Joint Chiefs July June Kim II Kim II Sung Koje-do Korea Korean War later Lieutenant MacArthur major miles military months morning night North Korean November numbers October offensive officers operations Panmunjom Peking perimeter platoon political positions President prisoners Pusan Pyongyang regiment retreat Rhee's Ridgway road Russians Seoul soldiers South Soviet struggle Syngman Rhee tanks Task Force Smith Tokyo told troops Truman U.S. Army United Nations Vietnam Walker Washington weapons Western wounded X Corps Yalu
