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.
An edition of The Korean War
(1987)
The Korean War
by Max Hastings
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It 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 - Hasting 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, Ridgeway, and Bradley - and shows what we should have learned in the war that was the prelude to Vietnam.
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Bibliography: p. 361-364.
Includes index.
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Chronicles the Korean War with over 200 interviews of veterans, including the Chinese.
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