The Korean War is journalist and military historian Sir Max HastingsâEUR(TM) compelling account of the forgotten war. 'The best narrative history of the Korean conflict' âEUR" Guardian On 25 June 1950 the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest conflicts of the last century. The seemingly limitless power of the Chinese-backed North was thrown against the ferocious firepower of the UN-backed South in a war that can be seen today as the stark prelude to Vietnam. Max Hastings draws on first-hand accounts of those who fought on both sides to produce this vivid…mehr
The Korean War is journalist and military historian Sir Max HastingsâEUR(TM) compelling account of the forgotten war. 'The best narrative history of the Korean conflict' âEUR" Guardian On 25 June 1950 the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest conflicts of the last century. The seemingly limitless power of the Chinese-backed North was thrown against the ferocious firepower of the UN-backed South in a war that can be seen today as the stark prelude to Vietnam. Max Hastings draws on first-hand accounts of those who fought on both sides to produce this vivid and incisive reassessment of the Korean War, bringing the military and human dimensions into sharp focus. Critically acclaimed on publication, republished with an introduction from the author, The Korean War remains the best narrative history of this conflict. 'A brilliant tour-de-force' âEUR" Times Literary Supplement 'Excellent, readable history by a master of the genre' âEUR" Daily Mail 'This book establishes him as one of the leading British military historians.' âEUR" New York Times
Sir Max Hastings is the author of twenty-six books, most about conflict, and between 1986 and 2002 served as editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph , then editor of the Evening Standard. He has won many prizes both for journalism and his books, some of which are All Hell Let Loose, Catastrophe and The Secret War, bestsellers translated around the world. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, an Honorary Fellow of King's College, London and was knighted in 2002. He has two grown-up children, Charlotte and Harry, and lives with his wife Penny in West Berkshire, where they garden enthusiastically.
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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
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
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