An edition of The Korean War (1987)

The Korean War

1st Touchstone ed.
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An edition of The Korean War (1987)

The Korean War

1st Touchstone ed.
  • 4.0 (1 rating) ·
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Chronicles the Korean War with over 200 interviews of veterans, including the Chinese.

Publish Date
Publisher
London, Touchstone Book
Language
English
Pages
391

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Cover of: The  Korean War
The Korean War
1988, London, Touchstone Book
Paperback in English - 1st Touchstone ed.
Cover of: The Korean War
The Korean War
1987, Simon and Schuster
in English
Cover of: The Korean War
The Korean War
1987, Simon and Schuster
in English

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Table of Contents

Prologue : Task Force Smith
Origins of a tragedy
Invasion
The West's riposte
Walker's war
Inchon
To the brink : MacArthur crosses the parallel
The coming of the Chinese
Chosin : the road from the reservoir
The winter of crisis
Nemesis : the dismissal of MacArthur
The struggle on the Imjin
The stony road
The intelligence war
The battle in the air
The war on the hills
The prisoners
The pursuit of peace
Hindsight
Chronology

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
New York
Copyright Date
1987

Classifications

Library of Congress
DS918

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
391 p. :
Number of pages
391
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL16218443M
Internet Archive
koreanwar00hast_0
ISBN 10
067166834X
ISBN 13
9780671668341
Library Thing
65252
Goodreads
1194046

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Seldom in the course of history has a nation been so rapidly propelled from obscurity to a central place in the world's affairs as Korea.
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