Description
This sweeping history recounts the Korean War from its outbreak in 1950 through the brutal campaigns that followed, tracing the conflict from the halls of power to the frozen battlefields where soldiers fought for survival. It explores the clash between President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur, the intervention of Chinese forces, and the political calculations that shaped a war neither side could decisively win. Combining extensive research with vivid narrative detail, the book illuminates the courage, confusion, and suffering of those caught in a conflict that tested America’s postwar leadership and defined the early Cold War. It is both a military history and a deeply human account of a war whose consequences continue to reverberate.
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hardcover
Thorndike Press
Published Sep 19, 2007
1200 pages
ISBN: 9780786298327
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First Published
2007
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam.