A vivid and meticulous assessment of one of the most misunderstood episodes in recent history, this is a look back to the first war we could not win--not just the big picture, but also a look inside the experience of soldiers in the battle. 76 black-and-white photos.
Max Hastings is the author of The Korean War, Overlord, and Bomber Command and the coauthor of Battle for the Falklands. Editor of The Daily Telegraph, he lives in London, England.
CONTENTS
Foreword
Prologue: Task Force Smith
1. Origins of a Tragedy
2. Invasion
3. The West's Riposite
Washington
Tokyo
Seoul
4. Walker's War
Retreat to the Naktong
Dressing Ranks
The Pusan Perimeter
5. Inchon
6. To the Brink: MacArthur Crosses the Parallel
7. The Coming of the Chinese
8. Chosin: The Road from the Reservoir
9. The Winter of Crisis
The Big Bugout
Washington and Tokyo
The Arrival of Ridgway
10. Nemesis: The Dismissal of MacArthur
11. The Struggle on the Imjin
12. The Stony Road
Toward Stalemate
Panmunjom
The Cause
13. The Intelligence War
14. The Battle in the Air
15. The War on the Hills
16. The Prisoners
17. The Pursuit of Peace
Koje-do
"I Shall Go to Korea"
The Last Act
18. Hindsight
Chronology
Notes and References
Select Bibliography and a Note on Sources
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Index
List of Maps
Korea
The Invasion of South Korea
From Inchon to Seoul
The Chinese Intervention
Retreat from the Chosin Reservoir
The Battle of the Imjin River
A vivid and meticulous assessment of one of the most misunderstood episodes in recent history, this is a look back to the first war we could not win--not just the big picture, but also a look inside the experience of soldiers in the battle. 76 black-and-white photos.
Max Hastings is the author of The Korean War, Overlord, and Bomber Command and the coauthor of Battle for the Falklands. Editor of The Daily Telegraph, he lives in London, England.
CONTENTS
Foreword
Prologue: Task Force Smith
1. Origins of a Tragedy
2. Invasion
3. The West's Riposite
Washington
Tokyo
Seoul
4. Walker's War
Retreat to the Naktong
Dressing Ranks
The Pusan Perimeter
5. Inchon
6. To the Brink: MacArthur Crosses the Parallel
7. The Coming of the Chinese
8. Chosin: The Road from the Reservoir
9. The Winter of Crisis
The Big Bugout
Washington and Tokyo
The Arrival of Ridgway
10. Nemesis: The Dismissal of MacArthur
11. The Struggle on the Imjin
12. The Stony Road
Toward Stalemate
Panmunjom
The Cause
13. The Intelligence War
14. The Battle in the Air
15. The War on the Hills
16. The Prisoners
17. The Pursuit of Peace
Koje-do
"I Shall Go to Korea"
The Last Act
18. Hindsight
Chronology
Notes and References
Select Bibliography and a Note on Sources
Appendix
Acknowledgments
Index
List of Maps
Korea
The Invasion of South Korea
From Inchon to Seoul
The Chinese Intervention
Retreat from the Chosin Reservoir
The Battle of the Imjin River
Max Hastings is the author of The Korean War, Overlord, and Bomber Command and the coauthor of Battle for the Falklands. Editor of The Daily Telegraph, he lives in London, England
Alistair Horne author of The Price of Glory Fair and immensely
readable...a major contribution to more than just military
history....Max Hastings is among the ablest of the younger
generation of British military historians....He now illuminates the
struggle that changed all perceptions of the post-1945 world.
Drew Middleton The New York Times Admirable...penetrating.
Hugh Sidey Time A top-drawer book by a splendid historian.
Stephen E. Ambrose author of Eisenhower: The President and Nixon:
The Education of a Politician Rings true and will surely stand the
test of time....Max Hastings has no peer as a writer of battlefield
history.
Alistair Horne author of The Price of Glory Fair and
immensely readable...a major contribution to more than just
military history....Max Hastings is among the ablest of the younger
generation of British military historians....He now illuminates the
struggle that changed all perceptions of the post-1945 world.
Drew Middleton The New York Times
Admirable...penetrating.
Hugh Sidey Time A top-drawer book by a splendid
historian.
Stephen E. Ambrose author of Eisenhower: The President and
Nixon: The Education of a Politician Rings true and will
surely stand the test of time....Max Hastings has no peer as a
writer of battlefield history.
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