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050 4 $aDS919$b.C54 2016
082 04 $a951.904242$223
100 1 $aCleaver, Thomas McKelvey,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe Frozen Chosen :$bthe 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin River /$cThomas McKelvey Cleaver.
264 1 $aOxford :$bOsprey Publishing,$c[2016]
264 4 $c©2016
300 $a296 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"After World War II, Russia and the United States divided North and South Korea along the 38th Parallel. When the Communist North Korean People's Army pushed south of this line in June 1950, combined American and British forces under UN commander Douglas MacArthur halted and reversed the advance. By October, the US-led intervention was on the brink of pushing the forces of North Korea out of the peninsula. As they approached the border with China, however, they were faced with an onslaught from Mao Zedong's vast People's Volunteer Army. General MacArthur confidently predicted that the UN forces would brush aside the Chinese--but they had underestimated their foe. By November the 1st Marine Division was among UN forces surrounded at the Chosin Reservoir. Heavily outnumbered in the worst Siberian blizzard in a century, their only option to survive was to break out in a determined, fighting retreat. Featuring first-person interviews with survivors, and illustrated with black and white photographs and detailed campaign maps, this is an enthralling account of the US Marine Corps' Finest Hour."--Dust jacket.
505 0 $aBrother's keeper -- Background to war in the Land of the Morning Calm -- The wages of hubris -- The fatal decision -- First contact -- Where is the enemy? -- The Chinese attack -- Holding on -- Breakout -- "Retreat, hell, we're just attacking in a new direction!" -- Evacuation -- Aftermath.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 288-290) and index.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps.$bMarine Division, 1st$xHistory$yKorean War, 1950-1953.
610 17 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps.$bMarine Division, 1st.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00731658
611 27 $aKorean War (1950-1953)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00988609
610 24 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps.$bMarine Division, 1st.
650 0 $aKorean War, 1950-1953$xCampaigns$zKorea (North)$zChangjin Reservoir.
650 0 $aKorean War, 1950-1953$vPersonal narratives, American.
650 7 $aMilitary campaigns.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01710190
651 7 $aKorea (North)$zChangjin Reservoir.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411009
648 7 $a1950-1953$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01411628
655 7 $aPersonal narratives$vAmerican.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01424071
852 00 $beal$hDS919$i.C54 2016