The Korean War / Max Hastings
1987, First Edition. London : M. Joseph. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Item #380830
Physical description; xix, 476 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 446-449) and index. Contents: Prologue. Task force Smith -- 1. Origins of a tragedy -- 2. Invasion -- 3. The West's riposte -- 4. Walker's war -- 5. Inchon -- 6. To the brink : MacArthur crosses the parallel -- 7. The coming of the Chinese -- 8. Chosin : the road from the reservoir -- 9. The winter of crisis -- 10. Nemesis : the dismissal of MacArthur -- 11. The struggle on the Imjin -- 12. The stony road 13. The intelligence war -- 14. The battle in the air -- 15. The prisoners -- 16. Attrition : the war on the hills -- 17. The pursuit of peace -- 18. Hindsight. Subjects: Korean War, 1950-1953.
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