Korea: The War before Vietnam

by Callum A MacDonald

Overview

'...this study of the Korean War...is a noteworthy addition to the literature of this conflict. A sometime brilliant and consistently disturbing work.' D.Clayton James, Mississippi State University '...MacDonald's powerful and richly detailed account of the Korean War renders all the painful details of American involvement. A masterful account that should be widely read.' M.Cantor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349063345
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/1986
Edition description:	1st ed. 1986
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of Maps - List of Plates - Acknowledgements - The Cold War and Counter-Revolution - The Korean Decisions - Across the Parallel - Disaster - A Crisis of Confidence - Attrition - Negotiating while Fighting - The POW Issue - Deadlock at Panmunjom - Eisenhower: Peace with Honour - The War on the Ground - The War in the Air - Conclusions - Bibliography - Index