Korean War

by Hastings, Max

It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now 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 200 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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London: Guild Publishing, 1987. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xix, 476 pages, [32] p. of plates: ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. Subjects: Korean War, 1950-1953 United States. Korean War, 1950-1953. Military history.
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UK: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1988. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. The Koran War retains a special fascination as the only conflict in which an army has fought under the United Nations flag in pursuit of military objectives. It was also, in many important respects, a rehearsal for the conflict in Vietnam. The… Read more about this item
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London: Guild Publishing. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. Book Club. "The Korean War is one of the most important and dramatic conflicts of the twentieth century. It remains the only battlefield on which two great powers - the United States and China - have met since World War II. Ships same or next… Read more about this item
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From back cover: It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now Max Hastings, preeminent military historian, takes us back to the bloody, butter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interview with more than 200… Read more about this item
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London: Michael Joseph, 1988. Reprint ed.. Hardback large thick octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, endpaper map, minor edgewear jacket, book covers corners slightly bumped & edges slightly toned. 476 pp. Max Hastings, a British journalist and military specialist, provides a definitive but popular history of the Korean War (1950 - 1953).… Read more about this item
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On 25 June 1950 Communist North Korea invaded South Korea and it was to become one of the bloodiest and devastating conflicts of the century. It pitted seemingly limitless manpower of the Chinese backed North against the ferocious firepower of the UN backed South. 486 pages with 45 black and white photographs and 6 maps. Book in good condition with… Read more about this item
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