Warm Summers and Cold Winters : How Baseball Survived the Korean War.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gietschier, Steven P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball.

Military history.

Korea.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (289 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

This book provides a fascinating examination of four baseball seasons set against the backdrop of the Korean War, the "forgotten war" whose impact on the United States-and baseball-remains underappreciated.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Prologue: Cold War in Europe, Oct-Dec 1949 Chapter 1: Cold War in Asia, Jan-Mar 1950 Chapter 2: A Divided Korea, Apr-Jun 1950 Chapter 3: The Police Action and the Pennant Race, Jul-Sep 1950 Chapter 4: The Whiz Kids Come Up Short, Oct-Dec 1950 Chapter 5: Facing Manpower Shortages, Jan-Mar 1951 Chapter 6: Truman Fires MacArthur, Apr-Jun 1951 Chapter 7: Frick Replaces Chandler, Jul-Sep 1951 Chapter 8: “The Giants Win the Pennant!” Oct-Dec 1951 Chapter 9: Salaries, Ticket Prices, and Integration, Jan-Mar 1952 Chapter 10: Steelworkers on Strike, Apr-Jun 1952 Chapter 11: “We Want Ike,” Jul-Sep 1952 Chapter 12: Four Straight for the Yankees, Oct-Dec 1952 Chapter 13: The Braves Move to Milwaukee, Jan-Mar 1953 Chapter 14: The “Game of the Week,” Apr-Jun 1953 Epilogue: Armistice at Last, Jul-Sep 1953 Notes Bibliography Index About the Author

ISBN:

979-82-16-39168-5

979-82-16-39167-8

1-5381-9389-2

9781538193891

OCLC:

1568056350