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The darkest summer : Pusan and Inchon 1950 : the battles that saved South Korea--and the Marines--from extinction / Bill Sloan.
LIBRA DS918.2.P87 S56 2009
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sloan, Bill, 1935-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Campaigns--Korea (South)--Pusan Region.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Inchon Landing, Inchʻŏn, Korea, 1950.
- United States. Marine Corps--History--Korean War, 1950-1953.
- United States.
- United States. Marine Corps.
- History.
- Pusan (Korea)--History, Military--20th century.
- Pusan (Korea).
- Inch'ŏn (Korea)--History, Military--20th century.
- Inch'ŏn (Korea).
- Physical Description:
- ix, 385 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map, plans ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First Simon and Schuster hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
- Contents:
- Suddenly, a not-so-sudden war
- An army in disarray
- A proud corps in peril
- Missions impossible
- Enter the "fire brigade"
- A melee of confusion and chaos
- Triumph, tragedy, traps, and tears
- Nightmare on the Naktong
- Commanders in conflict
- The enemy goes for broke
- A 5,000-to-one "sure thing"
- Turning the tide at Inchon
- The bloody road to Seoul
- A "terrible liberation"
- Taking the hard way home
- The rest of the story.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-362) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781416571742
- 1416571744
- OCLC:
- 310397798
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