The Korean War / Max Hastings
1987, 1st Edition. London: M. Joseph. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #338413
Physical description: xix, 476 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 24 cm. 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. Korean War, 1950-1953 United States. Military history. War history. Genre: Illustrated.
Price: €18.95