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English
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Young and innocent, they came to a place they had barely heard of, prepared for war. They were American fighter pilots, assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War. Trained but frightened, facing an an enemy they couldn't understand, and waging a war they had to win.
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Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Description
It was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Now Max Hastings, preeminent military historian, takes us back to the bloody, bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than 200 vets-including the Chinese-Hastings follows real officers and soldiers through the battles. He brilliantly...
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Publisher
Perseus Running [distributor]
Pub. Date
c 2010
Language
English
Description
Offers the remarkable, but forgotten, story of George Company during the Korean War, an outfit of hastily trained green soldiers that faced an entire division of Chinese troops on the frozen tundra of Chosin Reservoir.
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Publisher
Lucent Books
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.6 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of a war without a winner, the beginning of the Cold War, the Cold War turns hot in Korea, North Korea suprises the world, victory at Inchon, china enters the war, the Korean War divides America, waging peace to win a war, and aftermath.
11) The Korean War
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Series
Publisher
Osprey Pub
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
The Korean War was a significant turning point in the Cold War. This book explains how the conflict in a small peninsula in East Asia had a tremendous impact on the entire international system and the balance of power between the two superpowers, America and Russia. Through the conflict, the West demonstrated its resolve to thwart Communist aggression and the armed forces of China, the Soviet Union and the United States came into direct combat for...
13) Korean war
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the United States military's involvement in the Korean War, discussing how America and the United Nations fought to end communism in Korea.
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Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Forced into the life of a refugee when the North Korean army invades her home, 16-year-old Haemi must choose between love and security in ways that resonate throughout generations of her family.
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Language
English
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Henry Childs is just seventeen when he falls into a love affair so intense it nearly consumes him. But when young Mercy's disapproving father threatens Henry's life, Henry runs as far as he can--to the other side of the world.The time is 1950, and the Korean War hangs in the balance. Descended from a long line of soldiers, Henry enlists in the marines and arrives in Korea on the eve of the brutal seventeen-day battle of the Chosin Reservoir--the turning...
17) The Korean War
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Series
Publisher
Lucent Books
Language
English
Description
Explains how America was involved in the Korean War and discusses its events and legacy.
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Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer-winning historian Halberstam first decided to write this book more than thirty years ago and it took him nearly ten years. It stands as a lasting testament to its author, and to the fighting men whose heroism it chronicles. Halberstam gives us a full narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations on both sides, charting the disastrous path that led to the massive entry of Chinese forces near the Yalu, and that caught Douglas MacArthur...
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