Korean War category: 284 books

Cover of Battle Hymn
by Col. Dean E. Hess
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017

The explosive, true story of a man of God turned fighter pilot who fought and prayed his way through 300 combat missions and two wars. Author Dean E. Hess is the subject of this inspiring autobiography, Battle Hymn, first published in 1956, which tells of his experiences as a U.S. Air Force...
Cover of The North Korean Revolution, 1945–1950
by Charles K. Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013

North Korea, despite a shattered economy and a populace suffering from widespread hunger, has outlived repeated forecasts of its imminent demise. Charles K. Armstrong contends that a major source of North Korea's strength and resiliency, as well as of its flaws and shortcomings, lies in the poorly...
Cover of Steadfast and Courageous: FEAF (Far East Air Forces) Bomber Command and the Air War in Korea, 1950-1953 - Bombing Operations with B-29 Superfortress, Strategic Air Command (SAC), Okinawa Base
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015

Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this fascinating Air Force publication traces the war fought by Far East Air Forces (FEAF) Bomber Command (Provisional), the B-29 force created to attack targets in Korea from bases in Okinawa and Japan. Consisting of units...
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The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot

A True Story About the Birth of Tyranny in North Korea

by Blaine Harden
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2015

From the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Camp 14, Blaine Harden tells the riveting story of Kim Il Sung's rise to power, and the brave North Korean fighter pilot who escaped the prison state and delivered the first MiG-15 into American hands In The Great Leader and the Fighter...
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Triumph at Kapyong

Canada’s Pivotal Battle in Korea

by Dan Bjarnason
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2011

Afghanistan is not Canada’s first war in Asia. We’ve been there before, a half century ago … in Korea. And it was a meat grinder, scarcely remembered now … a war in which on one hilltop, on one April night, freshly-minted Canadians soldiers made a desperate stand that prevented catastrophe....
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On Hallowed Ground

The Last Battle for Pork Chop Hill

by Bill McWilliams
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2015

“Brilliantly reveals the extraordinary courage of those who fought the final, bitter, bloody, costly days of the Korean War” (Gen. Jack I. Gregory, USAF Ret.). By the summer of 1953, the Korean War had long since reached a stalemate. As peace negotiations dragged on, units of the US 7th...
Cover of MASH Angels: Tales of an Air-Evac Helicopter Pilot in the Korean War

MASH Angels: Tales of an Air-Evac Helicopter Pilot in the Korean War

Tales of an Air-Evac Helicopter Pilot in the Korean War

by Richard C. Kirkland
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012

An inspiring first-hand account by military aviation pioneer Richard Kirkland recounts how he and a handful of daring helicopter pilots revolutionized battlefield medical evacuation and blazed the trail for modern air-evac flying.
Cover of Korean War Aces
by Robert F Dorr
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2013

The first virtually all-jet war, the conflict in Korea saw F-86 Sabres of the USAF take on MiG-15s of the North Korean and Chinese air forces. Although the Allied pilots were initially taken aback by the ability of the communist fighter in combat, sound training and skilful leadership soon enabled...
Cover of Operational Art In The Korean War: A Comparison Between General MacArthur And General Walker
by Major Remco van Ingen
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2015

This monograph addresses operational art during a specific period of the Korean War. Both General Walton Walker and General Douglas MacArthur developed operational approaches to unify Korea when the decision was made to cross the 38th parallel into North Korea. General MacArthur’s approach used...
Cover of Preparing for Upheaval in North Korea: Assuming North Korean Regime Collapse - Kim Family, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Songbun System, Juche Ideology, Pyongyang
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2014

CHAPTER I - INTRODUCTION * A. MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTION * B. IMPORTANCE * C. PROBLEM AND HYPHOTHESIS * D. LITERATURE REVIEW * 1. Conceptualizing DDR * 2. Lessons Learned * 3. Applicability to North Korea * E. METHODS AND SOURCES * F. THESIS OVERVIEW * CHAPTER II - NORTH KOREAN ATTITUDE TOWARD UPHEAVAL...
Cover of From Boxing Ring to Battlefield

From Boxing Ring to Battlefield

The Life of War Hero Lew Jenkins

by Gene Pantalone
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018

World champion boxer Lew Jenkins fought his whole life. As a child, he fought extreme poverty during the Great Depression; in his twenties, he fought as a professional boxer and became a world champion; and at the pinnacle of his boxing career, Jenkins fought in World War II and the Korean War. From...
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Shattered by the Wars

But Sustained by Love

by Hi-Dong Chai
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013

I hate war. War kills. War maims. War orphans. And it leaves a deep scar not only on the land, that will take years to heal, but also in the hearts of those who are affected by the war. I am one of those who carry a deep emotional wound to this day, more than sixty years later. During World...
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Airpower

The Decisive Force in Korea

by Col. James T. Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018

“Without question, the decisive force in the Korean War was airpower. Through its unrelenting efforts in those dark days of the summer of 1950, U.S. and other U.N. ground forces were able to retain a foothold on the peninsula. During the three years of fighting that followed, defeat or victory often...
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Long Journeys Home

American Veterans of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam

by Michael D. Gambone
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017

In the modern history of American veterans, it is sometimes difficult to separate myth from fact. The men and women who served in World War II are routinely praised as heroes; the “Greatest Generation,” after all, triumphed over fascism and successfully reentered postwar society. Veterans of the...
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