Description
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: Max Hastings
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 10/15/1988
Pages: 391
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.91h x 6.54w x 1.06d
ISBN13: 9780671668341
ISBN10: 067166834X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Korean War
- History | United States | 20th Century
- History | Military | Strategy
Author: Max Hastings
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 10/15/1988
Pages: 391
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.91h x 6.54w x 1.06d
ISBN13: 9780671668341
ISBN10: 067166834X
BISAC Categories:
- History | Wars & Conflicts | Korean War
- History | United States | 20th Century
- History | Military | Strategy
About the Author
Max Hastings is the author of Overlord and Bomber Command and the coauthor of Battle for the Falklands. Editor of The Daily Telegraph, he lives in London, England