The Korean War
By Max Hastings
Published by Simon and Schuster
Year Published 1987
Book format Hard cover
Summary
The author, a preeminent military historian, take us back to the bloody, bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist North Korean invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than 200 veterans, including the Chinese - Hastings 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. He also shows what we should have learned in a war that was a prelude to the Vietnam War.
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By Max Hastings
Published by Simon and Schuster
Year Published 1987
Book format Hard cover
Summary
The author, a preeminent military historian, take us back to the bloody, bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist North Korean invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than 200 veterans, including the Chinese - Hastings 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. He also shows what we should have learned in a war that was a prelude to the Vietnam War.
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By Max Hastings
Published by Simon and Schuster
Year Published 1987
Book format Hard cover
Summary
The author, a preeminent military historian, take us back to the bloody, bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist North Korean invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than 200 veterans, including the Chinese - Hastings 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. He also shows what we should have learned in a war that was a prelude to the Vietnam War.
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