On desperate ground : the Marines at the reservoir, the Korean War's greatest battle /
On October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces of Kim Il-sung would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war. As he was speaking, 300,000 Red Chinese soldiers began secretl...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Doubleday,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | On October 15, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur convinced President Harry Truman that the Communist forces of Kim Il-sung would be utterly defeated by Thanksgiving. The Chinese, he said with near certainty, would not intervene in the war. As he was speaking, 300,000 Red Chinese soldiers began secretly crossing the Manchurian border. As Americans moved deep into the snowy mountains of North Korea, toward the trap Mao had set along the frozen shores of the Chosin Reservoir, what followed was one of the most harrowing operations in American military history. Sides' account provides a grunt's-eye view of history. |
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| Item Description: | Maps on endpapers. |
| Physical Description: | xiii, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780385541152 0385541155 9781101971215 1101971215 |