In The Impossible State, seasoned international-policy expert and lauded scholar Victor Cha pulls back the curtain on provocative, isolationist North Korea, providing our best look yet at its histor……続きを見る
This book explores Soviet–North Korean relations during the Cold War (1945–1991).
Based on many primary documents and sources (including Russian and Korean), it reveals how the influence of the Sovi……続きを見る
The horrors of warfare through the eyes of an infantryman. From the human wave attacks in the Korean War, captivity in Laos, combat in Vietnam, to moving up the ranks and retiring as the highest enl……続きを見る
“An in-depth illustrated history of one of the most successful post-war British tanks” from the author of Special Forces Vehicles (Forces Pension Society).
Few tank designs have been as effective, v……続きを見る
Up until now, the Korean War has been the black hole of modern American history. The Coldest Winter changes that, giving readers a masterful narrative of the political decisions and miscalculations ……続きを見る
著者:Joseph R. Owen
出版社: Naval Institute Press
発売日: 2012年04月15日
Joe Owen tells it like it was in this evocative, page-turning story of a Marine rifle company in the uncertain early days of the Korean War. His powerful descriptions of close combat on the snow-cov……続きを見る
著者:Adam Makos
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2015年10月27日
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • From America’s “forgotten war” in Korea comes an unforgettable tale of courage by the author of A Higher Call.
“In the spirit of Unbroken a……続きを見る
The bestselling classic that indelibly captures the life and times of one of the most brilliant and controversial military figures of the twentieth century.
"Electric...Tense with the feeling that t……続きを見る
North Korea, despite a shattered economy and a populace suffering from widespread hunger, has outlived repeated forecasts of its imminent demise. Charles K. Armstrong contends that a major source of……続きを見る
Much of the history of the Korean War has been misinterpreted or obscured. Intense propaganda and limited press coverage during the war, coupled with vague objectives and an incomplete victory, resu……続きを見る
著者:Lewis H. Carlson
出版社: St. Martin's Publishing Group
発売日: 2003年03月01日
Remembered Prisoners of a Forgotten War presents a devastating oral history of Korean War POWs.
The Korean War POW remains the most maligned victim of all American wars. For nearly half a century, t……続きを見る
著者:T. X. Hammes
出版社: University Press of Kansas
発売日: 2017年09月28日
When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the Marine Corps was ordered to deploy an air-ground brigade in less than ten days, even though no such brigade existed at the time. Assembled from the woefull……続きを見る
****Named one of the best books of 2015 by The Economist**
Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors.**
North Korea is one of the most troubled societies on earth. The ……続きを見る
Established during World War II to advise the President regarding the strategic direction of armed forces of the United States, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) continued in existence after the war a……続きを見る
For many in the West, North Korea is a secretive, reclusive, and enigmatic country, a rogue state that threatens the world with its nuclear program and ballistic missiles. Confronted with its numero……続きを見る
著者:Robert W. Black
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年12月29日
A generation before Vietnam, the war for Korea raged. It was as rough and dirty a war as has ever been foughtーa war small in history, but very large to the men who waged it. . . .
In the Korean War……続きを見る
Harry S. Truman presided over one of the most challenging times in American historyーthe end of World War II and the onset of the Cold War. Thrust into the presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt die……続きを見る
This volume describes the impact of the Korean War upon national security policies and programs. The Soviet Union's willingness to sanction overt aggression, in an area where Soviet security interes……続きを見る
Sherwood recounts the story of American Air Force pilots in the Korean War and the development of a lasting fighter-pilot culture
The United States Air Force fought as a truly independent service fo……続きを見る
著者:Bevin Alexander
出版社: Penguin Publishing Group
発売日: 2013年05月07日
General Douglas MacArthur was highly skilled and world famous as a military commander. Under his leadership after World War II, Japan was rebuilt into a democratic ally. But during the Korean War, i……続きを見る
著者:Lee Ballenger
出版社: Potomac Books Inc.
発売日: 2012年02月23日
The Final Crucible details the 1st Marine Division's harrowing close-quarters battles during the final seven months of the Korean War, January to July 1953. The terrible five-day Battle of the Nevad……続きを見る
著者:Bruce Cumings
出版社: Random House Publishing Group
発売日: 2010年07月27日
A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED.
For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War ……続きを見る
This official U.S. Marine Corps history provides unique information about important aspects of the Korean War. Here is an excerpt:
General Thomas arrived in Korea to face an entirely new war. The Oc……続きを見る
This anthology of articles was compiled by the History and Museums Division during the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953. The focus of the various authors who wrote th……続きを見る
著者:James W. Evans
出版社: University of Alabama Press
発売日: 2010年07月07日
By June 1953 the Korean War, marked at the outset by extremely fluid advances and retreats up and down the peninsula, had settled into position warfare very near the original pre-war demarcation lin……続きを見る
When 1953 began, the Jamestown Line had become, in the words of Marine Corporal Robert Hall who fought there, "a messy, rambling series of ditches five to seven feet deep" that linked a succession o……続きを見る
This official U.S. Marine Corps history provides unique information about an important aspect of the Korean War. Some of the subjects included in this history: Major General Field Harris, Colonel Le……続きを見る
An inspiring first-hand account by military aviation pioneer Richard Kirkland recounts how he and a handful of daring helicopter pilots revolutionized battlefield medical evacuation and blazed the t……続きを見る
Since the publication of The Rifles Are There in 2005, which dealt with the 1st and 2nd Battalions Royal Ulster Rifles in the Second World War, it was felt by many that a follow up volume dealing wi……続きを見る
This official U.S. Marine Corps history provides unique information about an important aspect of the Korean War. Subjects covered in this history include: the Pershing Medium Tank, the North Korean ……続きを見る