Voices from the Korean war
Voices from the Korean war: personal stories of American, Korean, and Chinese soldiers Richard Peters and Xiaobing Li
Publisher: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2004.
ISBN: 0813122937
DDC: 951.90428
LCC: DS921.6
Edition: (Hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-279) and index.
Part One. The Korean war: a short history -- 1. Background and
origins of the war -- 2. The opening phase: south toward Pusan, north
to the Yalu -- 3. China enters the war -- 4. The Chosin reservoir
retreat and advance to the north -- 5. Truce talks and prison riots
-- 6. Trench warfare and peace -- Part Two. Many faces, one war -- 7.
Getting to Korea -- 8. A mortar man's story -- 9. Escaping the trap
-- 10. A North Korean officer's story -- 11. China's crouching dragon
-- Part Three. Chosin accounts -- 12. The Chosin reservoir: a
marine's story -- 13. The Chosin reservoir: a Chinese captain's story
-- Part Four. On the front lines -- 14. The Hwachon reservoir
fighting -- 15. Life on the MLR -- 16. A BAR man's story -- 17. First
combat -- 18. Outpost Harry -- 19. A ROK lieutenant survives the
bloody ridges -- 20. The Chinese go underground -- 21. North and
south: a Korean youth serves in both armies -- Part Five. Behind the
front lines -- 22. The "lighter" side of the war -- 23. A Korean
housewife's story -- Part Six. POW camps: north and south -- 24. An
american officer observes the Koje island uprising -- 25. One week of
war, three years of captivity -- 26. A first sergeant's experience as
a POW -- 27. Organizing the riots on Koje: Colonel Zhao's story --
Perspectives on the war.
Language: eng
Physical Description: xviii, 291 p. : ill.
Edition Info: (Hardcover : alk. paper)
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