Korean War category: 284 books
Officers in Flight Suits
The Story of American Air Force Fighter Pilots in the Korean War
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1998
The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service for the first time during the Korean War. Ruling the skies in many celebrated aerial battles, even against the advanced Soviet MiG-15, American fighter pilots reigned supreme. Yet they also destroyed virtually every major town and city...
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by William Y’Blood
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Includes more than 20 photo illustrations
The fight for air superiority began the day the Korean War started and only ended with the armistice three years later. Once the shock of the North Koreans’ invasion wore off, it did not take long for the United States Air Force, assisted by other United...
T-34-85 vs M26 Pershing
Korea 1950
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
A hotly-debated topic amongst tank buffs is of the relative merits of the Soviet and American tanks of World War II. Using recently revealed documents, Steven Zaloga sheds light on the crucial tank battles of the Korean War as the rival superpowers' finest tanks battled for supremacy. The Soviet-equipped...
Scorched Earth, Black Snow
The First Year of the Korean War
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
The first year of the Korean War was a tumultuous series of epic battles, ending in a legendary and harrowing retreat.
In the summer of 1950, British and Australian troops were dispatched to fight with UN forces in the savage struggle against communism in Korea.
After both triumph and...
by Michael Pembroke
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Unless you know the history, you cannot see the future. In late 1950, the US-led invasion of North Korea failed and for the next three years the United States relentlessly bombed the North’s cities, towns and villages. Pyongyang has been determined to develop a credible nuclear deterrent ever since....
Yalu River 1950–51
The Chinese spring the trap on MacArthur
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2020
Following the Inchon landings and the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, UN forces crossed the North Korean border on 9 October and moved on the capital Pyongyang. Many in America believed the war would be over by Christmas, but some Washington diplomatic, military, and intelligence experts continued...
Intelligence Failure In Korea:
Major General Charles A. Willoughby’s Role In The United Nations Command’s Defeat In November 1950
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
In November, 1950, the United States Army suffered one of its most devastating defeats ever, in the frozen mountains of North Korea at the hands of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. This defeat fundamentally changed the nature of the Korean War, from a near-certain United Nations victory into...
by Arthur G. Sharp
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2018
VDuring the Korean War Presidents Truman and Eisenhower threatened to use nuclear weapons as a means of driving the North Koreans to the negotiating table. To this end, nuclear weapons were shipped to Guam and the U.S. Army shipped an atomic cannon to Korea for usage in infantry support. The actual...
Imjin River 1951
Last stand of the 'Glorious Glosters'
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
After China's November 1950 intervention in the war and the subsequent battle of the Chosin Reservoir, UN forces faced a new onslaught in the spring of 1951 with over 350,000 veteran troops attacking along the Imjin River.The US 3rd Infantry Division took the brunt of the attack along with the attached...
Fighting on the Brink
Defense of the Pusan Perimeter
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 1997
This book chronicles the Pusan Perimeter campaign, providing clear insight into occupation in Korea, Japan, and Okinawa prior to the Korean War. With an historical text written by General Uzal Ent (Ret.), a rifle platoon veteran of the Perimeter, this book details the strategies, tactics and actions...
by Major Steve A. Fondacaro
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015
This study analyzes the strategic effectiveness of special operations conducted by the Far East Command (FECOM) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Korea during the Korean Conflict from 1950 to 1953. Each organization’s effectiveness is determined by examining the areas of strategy, organization...
The General vs. the President
MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II.
At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that...
Wilsonian Approaches to American Conflicts
From the War of 1812 to the First Gulf War
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
This book explores US foreign policy, specifically the history of America’s entry into the War of 1812, the First World War, the Korean War and the First Gulf War. Using a historical case study approach, it demonstrates how the Wilsonian Framework can give us a unique understanding of why the United...
The Coldest War
A Memoir of Korea
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
America's "forgotten war" lasted just thirty-seven months, yet 54,246 Americans died in that time -- nearly as many as died in ten years in Vietnam. On the fiftieth anniversary of this devastating conflict, James Brady tells the story of his life as a young marine lieutenant in Korea.
In...