Publisher Description
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. In this extensive history, preeminent military historianMax Hastings 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.
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“I read this book while stationed in Korea, Suwon to be specific. It opened with a view of Task Force Smith over-looking the road between Suwon and Osan, as the North Koreans made their way south. I understood why we were really there and put a perspective on my presence in the country.”
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Matt (5 out of 5 stars)
