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The Korean War : No Victors, No Vanquished
The Korean War has been termed ""The Forgotten War"" or the ""Unknown War."" It is a conflict which never assumed the mythic character of the American Civil War or World War II. However, this book asserts, it would be impossible to understand the Cold War and...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington :
The University Press of Kentucky,
1999.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Maps; 1 Introduction; 2 History and background; History of Korea to 1950; 3 Invasion and retreat; 4 The Pusan Perimeter; 5 Inchon landings and pursuit northward; 6 The UNC drive north; 7 China's intervention and the second great UN retreat; 8 Chinese offensives and stabilization of the battlelines; 9 The United Nations' first war; 10 The air and naval war; The aircraft; Air war in Korea; First jet-to-jet combat; Naval air war; Naval surface warfare; 11 Behind the lines; Civil affairs and military government.
- Ideology and psychological warfareThe POW camps; Guerrilla and counter-guerrilla; Medical treatment; 12 Home fronts; The Koreas and China; The United States; Great Britain; 13 Fighting and negotiating; Military racial integration in wartime; Stalemate; 14 Conclusions; Notes; Select bibliography; Chronology; Index.