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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	War Trash more books like this by Ha Jin add to wishlist Set during the Korean War and written in the form of a memoir, Ha Jin's novel centers on a Chinese soldier named Yu Yuan, who is captured and taken to an American POW camp. There, though he is well-treated by the Americans, he finds that another war is going on, between the Communist prisoners and the nationalists. Yu finds himself being used by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.93! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Under Fire more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist When war breaks out in Korea, a diverse group of Marine Corps combat veterans are called up with only 72 hours notice, and before they know it they're on the other side of the world engaged in life-or-death adventures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Lark and Termite more books like this by Jayne Anne Phillips add to wishlist Phillips's first novel in nine years is a rich, many-layered work. Set in the 1950s in West Virginia and Korea, it is a story of the power of loss and love, the echoing ramifications of war, family secrets, dreams and ghosts, and the unseen, almost magical bonds that unite and sustain families. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $13.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Retreat Hell more books like this by W E B Griffin add to wishlist The US Marine Corps in the Korean War is the subject of this novel, in which General Douglas MacArthur is at odds with President Harry Truman as to how to outwit the enemy and make the most of intelligence from the field. At the center of the action is Brigadier General Fleming Pickering, whose son is missing in action behind enemy lines. This ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	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 $6.18! new only from $9.71! \| first editions \| SVS
7	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 $18.75! \| first editions \| SVS
8	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
9	MASH: A Novel about Three Army Doctors more books like this by Richard D Hooker, Jr. add to wishlist The novel that inspired the film and the television series of life in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, during the Korean War. Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hotlips Houlihan and Radar O'Reilly all make the 4077th MASH, like no other place in Korea. see all copies from $4.27! new only from $7.34! \| SVS
10	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 $5.75! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	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
12 view cover	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
13 view cover	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
14 view cover	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
15 view cover	The Hunters more books like this by James Salter add to wishlist James Salter's first novel is about a fighter pilot in the Korean War, of which the author is a veteran. Published in 1956. THE HUNTERS tells the story of Captain Steve Connell, who after an endless number of missions, finds his confidence waning--to the point where he begins to question the meaning of not only what he is doing but his entire ... see all copies from $2.41! new only from $8.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Incident at Badamaya more books like this by Dorothy Gilman add to wishlist In the wilds of 1950s Burma, the teenage orphan of an American missionary sets out to meet her destiny in a wild jungle teeming with armed insurgents. Captured by Red Chinese forces, she makes friends with a fellow prisoner--a mysterious Burmese puppet master who holds the secret to her mystical gifts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	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 $4.83! \| first editions \| SVS
18 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
19 view cover	An Unfinished Life more books like this by Mark Spragg add to wishlist Mark Spragg's highly acclaimed novel of a complex prodigal homecoming comes to the big screen in December. The Miramax release stars Jennifer Lopez. Robert Redford, Camyn Manheim, Morgan Freeman, Damian Lewis, and Josh Lucas. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior more books like this by David H Hackworth, Colonel, Julie Sherman add to wishlist He joined the army at 15 and is today America's most decorated living soldier. In one of the most extraordinary military memoirs of our time, About Face chronicles the wars of David H. Hackworth--from World War II to his opposition to U.S. tactics and goals in Vietnam. Photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 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 $1.99! new only from $195.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	Taps more books like this by Willie Morris add to wishlist Adolescent Swayze Barksdale learns a lot about love and death as he plays taps at the ever-increasing funerals for local soldiers killed in Korea. Willie Morris tracks Swayze's experiences, and those of some of his fellow townspeople, in this affectionate novel about life in a small Mississippi town. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	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
24 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 $12.00! \| first editions
25	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

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