Korean War

The United States, being at peace, had not foreseen the need for a specialized tank recovery vehicle, despite the ramping-up of tank production in 1940-41. However, observation of the new world war quickly pointed to the need for such a vehicle. Armored...

Reviews for Hardback Edition: "In order to produce this fine book, the author has conducted extensive interviews with participants and consulted archival and published materials. This gives the book an excellent balance between the events as witnessed by...

The acclaimed, dramatic story of the first three months of the Korean War, when outnumbered and outgunned Marines and GIs executed two of the greatest military operations in history and saved South Korea-and the Marine Corps-from extinction.The Darkest...

This classic history of the Korean War-from its origins through the armistice-is now available in a paperback edition including a substantive introduction that considers the heightened danger of a new Northeast Asian war as Trump and Kim Jung-un escalate...

"What would you want if you could have any wish?" asked the photojournalist of the haggard, bloodied Marine before him. The Marine gaped at his interviewer. The photographer snapped his picture, which became the iconic Korean War image featured on this...

Although never formally diagnosed, Frank Merritt was on the autistic spectrum. He was also dyslexic and it was rare for him to write anything down. When he was called up for National Service in the 1950s, during the Korean War, he could have deferred, as...

The sacrifice of the "Glorious Glosters" in defense of the Imjin River line and the hilltop fights of Australian and Canadian battalions in the Kapyong Valley have achieved greater renown in those nations than any other military action since World War II...

This book covers the history of the 4th Fighter Wing, from re-activation in 1946, through the end of the "short TDY" to Korea in 1957. The early history covers the entire F-80 era, including the first jet aerobatic team, and the introduction of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780671668341Author HastingsFormat PaperbackPage Count 391Imprint Pocket BooksPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 650g

Vietnam POWs came home heroes, but twenty years earlier their predecessors returned from Korea to shame and suspicion. In the Korean War (1950-1953) American prisoners were used in propaganda twice, first during the conflict, then at home. While in...

Harry S. Truman Book Award In The War for Korea, 1945-1950: A House Burning, one of our most distinguished military historians argued that the conflict on the Korean peninsula in the middle of the twentieth century was first and foremost a war between...

When the world held its breath It is more than 25 years since the end of the Cold War. It began over 75 years ago, in 1944 long before the last shots of the Second World War had echoed across the wastelands of Eastern Europe with the brutal Greek Civil...

Fifty years after the Korean conflict, what is a forgotten war for some Americans is an aching memory for China. With over a million casualties out of the three million soldiers sent into battle, that war looms as large for the People's Republic of China...

This is the story of the first jet versus jet war, the largest in number of victories and losses, and one of the few military bright spots in the Korean War. It tells how an outnumbered force of F-86 Sabres, limited by range and restricted by the rules...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802144515Author Bob DruryFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly PressPublisher Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press

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This book examines relations between China and the Soviet Union during the 1950s, and provides an insight into Chinese thinking about the Korean War.This volume is based on a translation of Shen Zihua's best-selling Chinese-language book, which broke the...

This is the first English-language military history of what the People's Republic of China called the ""War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea."" Based upon a vast array of recently available Chinese sources, it provides a revealing new look at the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781645305194Author Lt Colonel Joseph R ClarkFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Rosedog BooksPublisher Rosedog BooksWeight(grams) 431gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

In the decades since the "forgotten war' in Korea, conventional wisdom has held that the Eighth Army consisted largely of poorly trained, undisciplined troops who fled in terror from the onslaught of the Communist forces. Now, military historian...

After World War II, the escalating tensions of the Cold War shaped the international system. Fearing the Worst explains how the Korean War fundamentally changed postwar competition between the United States and the Soviet Union into a militarized...

In the first volume in this series on the Korean War, North Korea Invades the South, North Korean ground forces, armour and artillery crossed the 38th Parallel, and, in blitzkrieg style, rolled back UN and South Korean forces down the Korean peninsula...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596638815Author Arthur Randolph MurrayFormat HardbackPage Count 404Imprint Seaboard PressPublisher Seaboard PressWeight(grams) 152g

The Korean War was a pivotal event in China's modern military history. The fighting in Korea constituted an important experience for the newly formed People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), not only as a test case for this fledgling service but also...

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By early 1951, American forces and their UN allies had been driven more than 100 miles down the Korean peninsula by the Chinese. The situation was bleak when Gen. Matthew Ridgway ordered a last stand at the village of Chipyong-ni. There a single regiment...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681623283Author Nick FloresFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint TurnerPublisher Turner

For members of U.S. Army's ""Task Force Faith"" and the First Marine Division, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir is an epic story of survival, courage, and ingenuity. Their exploits are well known - woven into the storied histories of the U.S. Army and...

Fazio examines the significance of the US-Australian Korean engagement, 1947–53, in the evolution of the relationship between the two nations in the formative years of the Cold War. In the aftermath of World War Two, divergent American and Australian...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798330498154Author Daniel WrinnFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Wrinn Military HistoryPublisher Wrinn Military HistoryWeight(grams) 399g

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781630263539Author Jerry RavinoFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint TurnerPublisher Turner

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410224675Author William T BowersFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781410224767Author Albert E CowdreyFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint University Press of the PacificPublisher University Press of the...