Korea : war without end / Richard Dannatt & Robert Lyman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dannatt, Richard, 1950- author.

Lyman, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

352 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Osprey Publishing, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"A ground-breaking history of this global conflict including the errors and miscalculations made on both sides. Korea: War Without End examines the stand-off between East and West in Korea that ultimately defined the second half of the 20th century. It provides a critical analysis of the lack of preparation by the West for war; the results of the North Korean invasion in June 1950; the counter-stroke by MacArthur in September and then the strategic overreach which led to communist China's involvement on the North Korean side, and the rapid escalation to consideration of the use of nuclear weapons. Through meticulous analysis of all the source material, this book details the chaos of political decision-making at the war's outset and as it progressed. The Korean War was not planned as a Communist offensive against the West. In turn, the East did not understand the principle at the core of the Western response to Kim Il-sung's aggression, namely a refusal to appease an aggressor, the key mistake the West considered to be at the heart of the rise of Nazi Germany and militaristic Japan in the 1930s. Korea: War Without End also considers the effect of the fighting on civilians. While the war was a proxy one between East and West, the people of Korea suffered immensely, with approximately 3 million war fatalities and a larger proportional civilian death toll than World War II. This is the definitive history of the conflict that is long overdue."-- Publisher description.

Contents:

Notes to the Reader

List of Illustrations and Maps

Chronology

Introduction

PART 1: THE FIRST WAR FOR KOREA

Prologue

Sergeant Collins' Baptism of Fire at Pyeongtaek

1. Who Started It, and Why?

2. From a Clear Blue Sky

3. Blitzkrieg, In Mun Gun Style

4. The Pusan Perimeter

5. The Masterstroke at Inchon

PART 2: THE SECOND WAR FOR KOREA

Captain Mųoz and the Ambush of the 2nd Division Below Kunu-ri

6. To the Yalu, or Bust

7. Cataclysm

8. The End of the Proconsul

PART 3: RETURN TO THE STATUS QUO ANTE BELLUM

The Imjin River Adventures of a National Service Subaltern

9. The Imjin River: The 'Korean Kohima'

10. How to End a War

Reflections

Order of Battle, US Eighth Army

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-340) and index.

ISBN:

9781472869753

1472869753

OCLC:

1452443388

Publisher Number:

90102733932

CIPO000224429