Staff operations : the X Corps in Korea, December 1950 / by Richard W. Stewart.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Stewart, Richard W. (Richard Winship), 1951- author.

Contributor:

Combat Studies Institute (U.S.), issuing body.

Series:

General Military History Collection.

Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library.

General Military History Collection

Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Corps, 10th--History.

United States.

United States. Army. Corps, 10th.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Campaigns--Korea (North)--Changjin Reservoir.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Regimental histories--United States.

Military campaigns.

Regimental histories.

Korea (North)--Changjin Reservoir.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 76 pages) : illustrations, maps

monochrome.

Place of Publication:

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Combat Studies Institute, 1991.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Corps are the Army's largest tactical units, the instruments with which higher echelons of command conduct maneuver at the operational level" (FM 100-5, Operations, May 1986). The corps staff is the principal planning and coordinating agency upon which the corps commander relies for the detailed preparation and oversight of his operations. It is the collective brain of the corps. It is useful to examine the performance of a corps staff required by fortune to respond to rapidly shifting circumstances of combat. During the Korean War in 1950, the Army's X Corps was faced with such circumstances, including the necessity to retreat and conduct a forced evacuation by sea, surely one of war's most difficult situations. Led by Major General Edward M. Almond, X Corps consisted of the 1st Marine Division and two Army divisions. After the Inchon landing and the capture of Seoul, X Corps landed on Korea's northeast coast and moved inland, where it was forced to retreat by attacking Chinese troops. X Corps, nonetheless, fought its way back to the coast and was evacuated by ship at the port of Hungnam. This Combat Studies Institute Special Study focuses on the withdrawal of X Corps and its evacuation, emphasizing how the corps' staff operated under adversity. Using original corps reports and documents, Dr. Richard W. Stewart provides a penetrating and critical analysis of the X Corps' staff as it faced the demands of retreat. His study reveals significant insights into the complex nature of corps operations with obvious relevance to today's Army.

Notes:

"April 1991."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 75-76).

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Combined Arms Research Library website, viewed Mar. 22, 2005).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.

Other Format:

Print version: Stewart, Richard W. (Richard Winship), 1951- Staff operations : the X Corps in Korea, December 1950

OCLC:

58551156

Access Restriction:

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