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In from the cold : reflections on Australia's Korean War /
Open hostilities in the Korean War ended on the 27th of July 1953. The armistice that was signed at that time remains the poignant symbol of an incomplete conclusion - of a war that retains a distinct possibility of resuming at short notice. So what did Australia contribute to the Korean War from...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Acton, A.C.T. :
Australian National University Press,
2020.
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| Colección: | Online access: OAPEN DOAB Directory of Open Access Books.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Politics by other means: Strategic aims and responses. Setting a new paradigm in world order: the United Nations action in Korea / Robert O'Neill ; The Korean War: which one? When? / Allan Millett ; China's war for Korea: geostrategic decisions, war-fighting experience and high-priced benefits from intervention, 1950-53 / Xiaobing Li ; Fighting in the giants' playground: Australians in the Korean War / Cameron Forbes ; The transformation of the Republic of Korea Army: wartime expansion and doctrine changes, 1951-53 / Jongnam Na
- Part 2. Korean skies and Korean waters. The air war in Korea: Coalition air power in the context of limited war / Richard Hallion ; Offensive air operations over Korea: the first challenge for Australian naval aviation / Jack McAffrie
- Part 3. From generals to lieutenants: command in the war. Australian higher command in the Korean War: the experience of Brigadier John Wilton / David Horner ; The reliving of minor tactics: reflections of a platoon commander's war in Korea / Colin Kahn
- Part 4. The war on the ground. The Battle of Maryang San: Australia's finest feat of arms in the Korean War? / Bob Breen ;Conquering Kowang San, assaulting United: myth and misunderstanding in the shade of Maryang San, October 1951 / Nigel Steel ; The Battle for Hill 317 (Maryang San): one man's account / William Purves ; The Samichon: a final barb in the Hook, 24-27 July 1953 / Michael Kelly ; Continuing the legacy and beginning a new era: Australian nursing in the Korean War / Rebecca Fleming
- Part 5. Legacies. From Korea to Vietnam: Australian strategic policy after the Korean War / Peter Edwards ; China and the Koreas: an Australian perspective / Rowan Callick
- Conclusion: Korea armistice and reflections for the twenty-first century / John Blaxland.