THE KOREAN WAR: PUSAN TO CHOSIN, AN ORAL HISTORY.
by KNOX, Donald
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San Diego [1985], Harcourt. Grey cloth spine over boards, very good, 697p., index, appendix, end paper maps, 11 maps, many b.w. photos. A major contribution to the history of the Korean War.Covers the Defeat, Pusan, Battle, Inch'on, Seoul, Item, Breakout, Persuit, Setback, Shosin, the Retreat. The words, letters & personal commentaries by many soldiers & marines in the field, with their photos. An excellent primary source. .
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This book brings to life one of the most bitter and inglorious conflicts in american history. Drawing on his interviews with hundreds of veterans of Korea, Knox masterfully weaves personal stories with military records to create a vivid, day-by-day chronicle of the war’s first savage months of fighting. Index; photographs and maps.
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- THE KOREAN WAR: PUSAN TO CHOSIN, AN ORAL HISTORY.
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- KNOX, Donald
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- Hardcover
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- China: Social Science, Eclectic, All Subjects & Disciplines [no Art]; Korea: Eclectic Items On All Disciplines Of Country & Culture; Korean War 1952: Any Items About The Conflict;
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