This Kind Of War
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Author |
: T. R. Fehrenbach |
Publisher |
: Potomac Books, Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 905 |
Release |
: 2000 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781597978781 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1597978787 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis This Kind of War by : T. R. Fehrenbach
Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic history of the Korean War is a dramatic and hard-hitting account of the conflict written from the perspective of those who fought it. Partly drawn from official records, operations journals, and histories, it is based largely on the compelling personal narratives of the small-unit commanders and their troops. Unlike any other work on the Korean War, it provides both a clear panoramic overview and a sharply drawn you were there account of American troops in fierce combat against th.
Author |
: T. R. Fehrenbach |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 747 |
Release |
: 1964 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:14366435 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis This Kind of War by : T. R. Fehrenbach
Author |
: T. R. Fehrenbach |
Publisher |
: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers |
Total Pages |
: 504 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: PSU:000023388215 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis This Kind of War by : T. R. Fehrenbach
Based upon personal narratives of small-unit commanders and their troops, describes the Korean Conflict.
Author |
: T. R. Fehrenbach |
Publisher |
: Open Road Media |
Total Pages |
: 642 |
Release |
: 2014-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781497603752 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1497603757 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (52 Downloads) |
Synopsis This Kind of War by : T. R. Fehrenbach
The book that former Defense Secretary James Mattis recommends as America faces the threat of conflict with North Korea. In a recent story, Newsweek reported: “Amid increasingly deteriorating relations between the U.S. and North Korea, as President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un exchange barbs and the threat of a nuclear conflict looms, Mattis responded to a question on how best to avoid such a war. “An audience member asked: ‘What can the U.S. military do to lessen the likelihood of conflict on the Korean Peninsula?’ “Mattis responded with a direction to read This Kind of War, stating: ‘There’s a reason I recommend T.R. Fehrenbach’s book, that we all pull it out and read it one more time.’” This Kind of War is “perhaps the best book ever written on the Korean War” (John McCain, The Wall Street Journal), the most comprehensive single-volume history of the conflict that began in 1950 and is still affecting US foreign policy. Fifty years later, not only does this enlightening account give details of the tactics, infantrymen, and equipment, it also chronicles the story of military and political unpreparedness that led to a profligate loss of American lives in Korea. T. R. Fehrenbach, an officer in the conflict, provides us with accounts of the combat situation that could only have been written by an eyewitness in the thick of the action. But what truly sets this book apart from other military memoirs is the piercing analysis of the global political maneuverings behind the brutal ground warfare that marked this bloody period of history, one that has been all but forgotten by many, but has become crucially important again. “A 54-year-old history of the Korean War that’s much better known in military than civilian quarters . . . Interspersed with this high-level narrative are gritty, close-grained accounts of the grim ordeals, heroic sacrifices, and sometimes, tragic blunders of individual soldiers, from privates to generals.” —Politico
Author |
: Carolyn Nordstrom |
Publisher |
: University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages |
: 276 |
Release |
: 1997-10-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0812216210 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780812216219 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Different Kind of War Story by : Carolyn Nordstrom
"A deeply researched study into the nature of political violence."--
Author |
: Carter Malkasian |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 128 |
Release |
: 2014-06-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781472809940 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1472809947 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Korean War by : Carter Malkasian
The Korean War was a significant turning point in the Cold War. This book explains how the conflict in a small peninsula in East Asia had a tremendous impact on the entire international system and the balance of power between the two superpowers, America and Russia. Through the conflict, the West demonstrated its resolve to thwart Communist aggression and the armed forces of China, the Soviet Union and the United States came into direct combat for the only time during the Cold War.
Author |
: Max Hastings |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 420 |
Release |
: 2015-10-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501131905 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501131907 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (05 Downloads) |
Synopsis Korean War by : Max Hastings
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. 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 two-hundred vets—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, Ridgway, and Bradley—and shows what we should have learned in the war that was the prelude to Vietnam.
Author |
: Hourly History |
Publisher |
: Hourly History |
Total Pages |
: 45 |
Release |
: 2017-01-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781540744043 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1540744043 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis Korean War by : Hourly History
The Korean War, which began in 1950 and ended in 1953, is not considered one of the major wars of the twentieth century. However, in reality, it was profoundly impactful on global history. As an early crisis of the Cold War, it set important precedents for how conflicts would be handled during this era. But also, it has shaped Korea’s history for more than half a century. Inside you will read about... ✓ Korea before World War II ✓ The End of World War II and the Cold War Context ✓ The Korean War Begins ✓ The United States Enters the Korean War ✓ The Korean War Escalates ✓ Stalemate at the 38th Parallel ✓ After the War It was destructive, and brought many atrocities on both sides. What is more, still to this day, Korea remains divided along the 38th parallel, and the people of North and South Korea live very different lives.
Author |
: R. G. Rosenquist |
Publisher |
: Howell Press |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 1991-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: WISC:89058523739 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Our Kind of War by : R. G. Rosenquist
Author |
: Hampton Sides |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 458 |
Release |
: 2018-10-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780385541169 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0385541163 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Synopsis On Desperate Ground by : Hampton Sides
From the New York Times bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and Ghost Soldiers, a chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War. "Superb ... A masterpiece of thorough research, deft pacing and arresting detail...This war story—the fight to break out of a frozen hell near the Chosin Reservoir—has been told many times before. But Sides tells it exceedingly well, with fresh research, gritty scenes and cinematic sweep." —The Washington Post On October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Commander of UN troops in Korea, convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces of Kim Il-sung would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war. As he was speaking, 300,000 Red Chinese soldiers began secretly crossing the Manchurian border. Led by some 20,000 men of the First Marine Division, the Americans moved deep into the snowy mountains of North Korea, toward the trap Mao had set for the vainglorious MacArthur along the frozen shores of the Chosin Reservoir. What followed was one of the most heroic--and harrowing--operations in American military history, and one of the classic battles of all time. Faced with probable annihilation, and temperatures plunging to 20 degrees below zero, the surrounded, and hugely outnumbered, Marines fought through the enemy forces with ferocity, ingenuity, and nearly unimaginable courage as they marched their way to the sea. Hampton Sides' superb account of this epic clash relies on years of archival research, unpublished letters, declassified documents, and interviews with scores of Marines and Koreans who survived the siege. While expertly detailing the follies of the American leaders, On Desperate Ground is an immediate, grunt's-eye view of history, enthralling in its narrative pace and powerful in its portrayal of what ordinary men are capable of in the most extreme circumstances. Hampton Sides has been hailed by critics as one of the best nonfiction writers of his generation. As the Miami Herald wrote, "Sides has a novelist's eye for the propulsive elements that lend momentum and dramatic pace to the best nonfiction narratives."