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1	The Coldest Winter: America and the Korean War more books like this by David Halberstam add to wishlist Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. "The Coldest Winter" changes that, giving readers a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides. He charts the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.98! \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat more books like this by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin add to wishlist November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and hopelessly outnumbered by 100,000 Chinese soldiers near the Chosin Reservoir. Their only chance for survival is to fight their way south through the ... see all copies from $4.83! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History - Fiftieth Anniversary Edition more books like this by T R Fehrenbach add to wishlist Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams for a special 50th anniversary edition of the classic history see all copies from $3.50! new only from $9.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Last Parallel: A Marine's War Journal more books like this by Martin Russ add to wishlist Long regarded as one of the best books about combat written, this book tells of the experiences of combat soldiers during the Korean War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Korean War more books like this by Max Hastings add to wishlist 'A brilliant and compelling book which must rank, even by the standards Max Hastings has set, as a masterpiece' - Professor Michael Howard, London Review of Books. On 25 June 1950, the invasion of South Korea by the Communist North launched one of the bloodiest and most devastating conflicts of our battle-scarred century. The seemingly limitless ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.74! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Pork Chop Hill more books like this by S L A Marshall add to wishlist Renowned military historian S.L.A. Marshall was in Korea in 1953, deep in enemy territory when Pork Chop Hill was overrun with Red Chinese troops. A handful of U.S. GIs on the frontline fought the Chinese and won. His classic account of the battle is "a distinguished contribution to the literature of war" ("The New York Times"). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Chosin: Heroic Ordeal of the Korean War more books like this by Eric M Hammel add to wishlist During the brutally cold winter of 1950, it seemed the Korean conflict was all but over, then in November a force of Chinese volunteer fighters - armed with little more than rice flails and scythes - poured over the Yalu river, encircling the 30,000 UN troops at the Chosin Reservoir, including royal marines, and the U.S. 1st Marine Division. For ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero more books like this by Stanley Weintraub add to wishlist This history of the Korean War focuses on the 11-month command of General MacArthur, who, according to this account, almost single-handedly took America into the conflict. Historian Weintraub examines MacArthur's character and decision-making as well as the effect both of those had on American troops. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea more books like this by James Brady add to wishlist This memoir by the celebrated columnist for Parade magazine recounts his experiences as a young soldier and conveys the special sense of being there on the front lines in a cold, unfriendly, unknown region far away from home in a war whose outcome--and indeed legitimacy--was indeterminate at the time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir more books like this by Joseph R Owen add to wishlist During the early days of the Korean War, WWII veteran and company commander Joe Owen saw how regulars and raw reservists hardened into a superb Marine rifle company. As comrades fell around them above Korea's infamous Chosin Reservoir, his Marines triumphed in one of the most horrific infantry battle ever. Joseph R. Owen, 1st Lt., USMC (Ret.), ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War more books like this by Eugene Franklin Clark, Commander, Thomas Fleming (Introduction by) add to wishlist In this first-person account of a daring covert mission of the Korean War, a former Navy commander, pens a stunning account rich with courage and humanity--a new classic of military history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
12 view cover	Submarine Commander more books like this by Paul R Schratz add to wishlist A memoir of submarine warfare by a former American submarine commander during World War II and the Korean War. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Forgotten War more books like this by Clay Blair, Jr. add to wishlist The definitive book on the Korean War. Like no book before, it combines enormous battlefield-level detail with command-level military history and domestic and international politics. 32 pages of black-and-white photographs. 15 maps. see all copies from $2.21! new only from $195.00! \| first editions
14 view cover	The Coldest Winter: American and the Korean War more books like this by David Halberstam, Edward Herrmann (Read by) add to wishlist In this posthumous work, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explores the untold heroism and pathos of the worst American military disaster since Little Big Horn, and the politics that set it in motion. Abridged. 10 CDs. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $5.68! \| SVS
15 view cover	The March to Glory more books like this by Robert Leckie add to wishlist This is the incredible saga of the famed First Marine Division and its savage fighting withdrawl from the Chosin Reservoir to the North Korean port of Hungnam. Battling bitterly cold winds and temperatures that dropped to -25 [degrees] Fahrenheit, the Leathernecks blasted their way through roadblocks, ambushes, and wave after horrifying wave of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $37.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A Hidden Nightmare from the Korean War more books like this by Charles J Hanley, Sang-Hun Choe, Martha Mendoza add to wishlist This Korean War history recounts a 1950 wartime atrocity in which hundreds of men, women, and children were killed by American air and ground fire at No Gun Ri. The military was acting on information that North Korean soldiers were disguising themselves in civilian garb, and gave orders to fire on civilian parties. The authors place the event in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.50! \| first editions
17	About Face: A Warrior's Journey more books like this by David H Hackworth, Colonel, Julie Sherman, Ward S Just add to wishlist Hackworth is America's most-decorated living soldier, a man of extraordinary bravery and exemplary patriotism--who has spent the last 18 years in self-imposed exile from the country he served so well. An extraordinary, blood-and-guts autobiography. Photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
18 view cover	East of Chosin: Entrapment and Breakout in Korea, 1950 more books like this by Roy Edgar Appleman, LT add to wishlist "Well written and meticulously researched ... East of Chosin is military history at its best". -- Harry G. Summers, Jr., Washington Post Book World Roy E. Appleman's East of Chosin, first published in 1987, won acclaim from reviewers, readers, and veterans and their families. For the first time, there was one complete and accessible record of what ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $11.85! \| first editions \| SVS
19	The bloody road to Panmunjom more books like this by Edwin Palmer Hoyt add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
20 view cover	Outpost War (P) more books like this by Lee Ballenger add to wishlist With material never before published, THE OUTPOST WAR tells the story of the First Marine Division's costly defense of the Jamestown Line in western Korea. More than 7800 U.S. Marines lost their lives patrolling these lonely outposts. From the major battles at Bunker Hill and the Hook to the individual struggles of the men who were there, Lee ... see all copies from $2.58! new only from $12.63! \| first editions \| SVS
21	Hidden History of the Korean War more books like this by I F Stone add to wishlist see all copies from $12.00! signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Wonju: The Gettysburg of the Korean War more books like this by J D Coleman add to wishlist The critical campaign that altered the course of the Korean War see all copies from $4.94! new only from $48.23!
23	The River and the Gauntlet: Defeat of the Eighth Army by the Chinese Communist Forces, November, 1950, in the Battle of the Chongchon River, Korea more books like this by Samuel L Marshall add to wishlist see all copies from $3.00! new only from $197.08! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, 1950 more books like this by Martin Russ add to wishlist Offers an account of the 1950 Chosin Reservoir campaign during the Korean War, describing how badly-outnumbered American Marines overcame fierce odds and brutal weather conditions to escape Chinese encirclement. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.74! \| SVS
25 view cover	This Kind of War more books like this by T R Fehrenbach add to wishlist A dramatic, authoritative, and hard-hitting account of this nearly disastrous war, written from the perspective of those who fought it. While partly drawn from official records, operations journals, and histories, This Kind of War is based largely on the compelling personal narratives of the small-unit commanders and their troops. It provides both ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions

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