An engaging history covering a century of conflict on the Korean PeninsulaKorea at War recounts how two separate nations emerged on the Korean peninsula as the result of devastating conflicts involving provocative personalities...Loe edasi...
This book comprises the biographies of the North Korean politicians whose actions played a pivotal role in shaping the formation of the country during the late 1940s, the Korean War of 1950-53 and the power struggles of the mid-1950s....Loe edasi...
When North Korea mounted its audacious surprise invasion of South Korea in June 1950, the world was stunned. Within 3 days, the Soviet backed North Koreans had captured the South Korean capital of Seoul and threatened to soon take over the entire cou...Loe edasi...
Investigating more than 70 key concepts relating to the performing arts in more than six non-European languages, this volume provides a groundbreaking research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for theatre, performance, and dance studies wor...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 11-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198851653)
Inchon: the battle that saved South KoreaOperation Chromite, the American-led amphibious landing at the port of Inchon ( Incheon) in September 1950, is arguably the most famous battle of the Korean War. Often hailed as a maste...Loe edasi...
Naval dominance was crucial to the defence of South Korea, and this illustrated study explains how the US Navy brought its war-winning fleet to bear in a complex campaign. Naval dominance was crucial to the defence of Sout...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526183477)
This book explores underexamined sites of interactions and encounters between humanitarians and medical workers during the long Second World War (1931-1953).It traces circulations of humanitarian actors, knowledge, and practices across the world from...Loe edasi...
This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War. It highlights that, despite being predominantly a land war, navies played a vital part. Moreover, the naval war was not solely a U.S. operation. Smaller navies from...Loe edasi...
Ted Mataxis, a fearless soldier, served in WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and mentored future military leaders.An “adrenaline junky,” Ted Mataxis was the perennial volunteer who saw action in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.After just three and a half years i...Loe edasi...
This study of the evolving uniforms and personal equipment used by US ground forces in the Korean War features new full-color artwork and previously unpublished photographs. This study of the evolving uniforms and personal equipm...Loe edasi...
A history of the legendary extraction of the Fifth and Seventh Marines from a Chinese trap, told for the first time using Chinese sources. A history of the legendary extraction of the Fifth and Seventh Marines from a Chinese trap...Loe edasi...
Fazio examines the significance of the US-Australian Korean engagement, 1947–53, in the evolution of the relationship between the two nations in the formative years of the Cold War. In the aftermath of World War Two, divergent American and...Loe edasi...
This edited volume explores the past, present, and future of the Korean Peninsula, with special focus on South Korea, by connecting developments in politics with those in international relations and diplomacy.The book focuses on how...Loe edasi...
Featuring full-color artwork, this book describes and illustrates the Chinese and North Korean troops who fought US and UN forces in Korea during 1950–53. Featuring full-color artwork, this book describes and illustrates the Chin...Loe edasi...
How a young boy struck down with paralyzing polio nevertheless determined to devote his life to the military. This heartfelt, lively story of courage and faithful service to family, country and the traditional American values of liberty, pat...Loe edasi...
A comprehensive and detailed illustrated examination of the development and combat performance of US battle tanks from the end of World War II through to the present day.In this, the second of two highly illustrated volumes telling...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Aug-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: Simon & Schuster, ISBN-13: 9781501153976)
An award-winning journalist and acclaimed author tells the remarkable true story of the longest-held prisoner of war in American history—CIA officer who, during the Korean War, was captured over China and imprisoned for 21 years—and whose freedom cam...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Jun-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: University Press of Mississippi, ISBN-13: 9781496850768)
Fallen Comrade: A Story of the Korean War tells the story of three young men from Clinton, Mississippi, who served in the US Marine Corps during the Korean War. Waller King, Joe Albritton, and Homer Ainsworth were childhood friends who grew up in th...Loe edasi...
This book comprises the biographies of the North Korean politicians whose actions played a pivotal role in shaping the formation of the country during the late 1940s, the Korean War of 1950-53 and the power struggles of the mid-...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-May-2024, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of British Columbia Press, ISBN-13: 9780774868631)
Fills a gap in Cold War studies by focusing on Canada and its changing relationship with Korea. Korea was the first hot war of the Cold War. It was also Canada’s most significant military engagement of the twentieth century following t...Loe edasi...
Although never formally diagnosed, Frank Merritt was on the autistic spectrum. He was also dyslexic and it was rare for him to write anything down. When he was called up for National Service in the 1950s, during the Korean War, he could have deferred...Loe edasi...
This book presents oral histories from the last surviving UK veterans of the Korean War. With the help of the UK National Army Museum and the British Korean Society, this book collects nearly twenty testimonials of UK veterans of the Korean War. M...Loe edasi...
This book presents a detailed assessment of the role of navies in the Korean War. It highlights that, despite being predominantly a land war, navies played a vital part. Moreover, the naval war was not solely a U.S. operation. Smaller navies from ma...Loe edasi...
This book focuses on the broad concept of ‘controversy’ and issues pertaining to the translation of politically and historically controversial texts in East Asia. Zulawnik focuses on the broad concept of ‘controversy’ and issues pertaining...Loe edasi...
A spirited portrait of twentieth-century war correspondent Maggie Higgins and her tenacious fight to the top in a male-dominated profession. New York Herald TribuneHerald TribuneDrawing on new and extensive research, including never-before-pu...Loe edasi...
Fazio examines the significance of the US-Australian Korean engagement, 1947-53, in the evolution of the relationship between the two nations in the formative years of the Cold War. In the aftermath of World War Two, divergent American and Australia...Loe edasi...
The Will to Win focuses on the substantial role of US military advisors to the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) from 1946 until 1953 in one of America’s early attempts at nation building.Gibby describes ROKA’s structure, mission,...Loe edasi...
An engaging history covering a century of conflict on the Korean PeninsulaKorea at War recounts how two separate nations emerged on the Korean peninsula as the result of devastating conflicts involving provocative personalities...Loe edasi...
On 25 June 1950, the simmering Cold War suddenly turned hot when North Korea, backed by the Soviet Union, crossed the 38th parallel and invaded the South. The United Nations responded rapidly, urging member states to aid South Korea, and among the n...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 24-Feb-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Pennsylvania Press, ISBN-13: 9781512828733)
How the US military origins of global capitalism facilitated both South Korea’s “economic miracle” and the decline of US industrial might Standardizing Empire traces the origins of today’s United States-led capitalist world e...Loe edasi...
The untold story of the rivalry between the US Army and US Marines in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in 1950. For seven decades, the Marines have been hailed as valiant heroes and the Army grunts as cowards. The Army survivors and their famili...Loe edasi...
The untold story of the rivalry between the US Army and US Marines in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in 1950. For seven decades, the Marines have been hailed as valiant heroes and the Army grunts as cowards. The Army survivors and their famili...Loe edasi...
How can a war--labeled a police action yet costing millions of lives, traumatizing countless other individuals, and razing cities and villages--be forgotten? Despite its widespread effects, the Korean War received less media attention...Loe edasi...
This book comprises the biographies of the North Korean politicians whose actions played a pivotal role in shaping the formation of the country during the late 1940s, the Korean War of 1950-53 and the power struggles of the mid-1950s....Loe edasi...
The untold story of the rivalry between the US Army and US Marines in the battle of the Chosin Reservoir in 1950. For seven decades, the Marines have been hailed as valiant heroes and the Army grunts as cowards. The Army survivors and their families...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 07-Nov-2025, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: de Fryske Wrald, ISBN-13: 9783565081295)
Did you know Seouls modern skyscrapers stand atop thousands of hidden tunnels where resistance fighters once printed independence newspapers under Japanese occupation? This book tells the full story of Korea, from Danguns mythical founding to the ......Loe edasi...
When North Korea mounted its audacious surprise invasion of South Korea in June 1950, the world was stunned. Within 3 days, the Soviet backed North Koreans had captured the South Korean capital of Seoul and threatened to soon take over the entire cou...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Oct-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University Press of Kansas, ISBN-13: 9780700640126)
A deeply researched political history that finds a new origin story to todays deeply entrenched partisanship. Cash reminds us that the forgotten war in Korea was also the occasion for the forgotten debate between liberals and conservatives. ...Loe edasi...
Investigating more than 70 key concepts relating to the performing arts in more than six non-European languages, this volume provides a groundbreaking research tool and one-of-a-kind reference source for theatre, performance, and dance studies wor...Loe edasi...
