It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle.
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 two-hundred 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.
Chapter 1. Origins of a Tragedy
Chapter 6. To the Brink: MacArthur crosses the Parallel
Chapter 7. The Coming of the Chinese
Chapter 8. Chosin: The Road from the Reservoir
Chapter 9. The Winter of Crisis
Chapter 10. Nemesis: The Dismissal of MacArthur
Chapter 11. The Struggle on the Imjin
Chapter 13. The Intelligence War
Chapter 14. The Battle in the Air
Chapter 15. The War on The Hills
Chapter 17. The Pursuit of Peace