Korean War 17

MASTERS OF WAR: GEORGE C. MARSHALL The Organizer of Victory He never commanded troops in battle. Yet he built the army that won World War II. In September 1939, when George C. Marshall became Chief ……続きを見る

A fascinating examination of the Korean War years and its impact on Major League Baseball Although baseball's history in the immediate post-World War II years has sometimes been characterized as a “……続きを見る

When the earth cracked and the rain refused to fall, a limping demon came to the farmers of Jeolla with an impossible offer: feed him stories, and he would feed them rain. In this electrifying explo……続きを見る

On an island where gods hide as refugees and the sea remembers every promise, one woman carved a face from grief and taught a nation how to dance with death. When her husband drowned in a typhoon, t……続きを見る

In a time of famine, twelve spirits came wearing bone-white masks. They offered a bargain: Feed us stories, and we will feed you life. From the salt-winds of Korea's Hwanghae Province comes a myth t……続きを見る

Seoul, 1721. Laughter is illegal. Truth is treason. The powerful have outlawed the ancient mask dances, terrified of "the mirror the mask holds." Then, at twilight beneath Gwanghuimun gate, a figure……続きを見る

In 1394, a mysterious chest arrived at the construction site of Korea's new capital. Inside: twelve masks that mocked Heaven itself. When King Taejo ordered them buried, the earth erupted with laugh……続きを見る

What happens when fire and shadow marry? Their children are masksーand those masks hold the secret to human transformation. Deep in Korea's Gyeongsang mountains, where iron veins run through volcani……続きを見る

In the mountain passes of Korea, where fog drifts through ancient pines and drums summon spirits each spring, lives a myth most of the world has never heardーyet one that speaks to the deepest needs……続きを見る

THE TREE-MASK OF SEOCHEON An Ancient Korean Legend About the Grief We Cannot Carry Alone A typhoon strikes. Driftwood washes ashore on Korea's western coast. The villagers carve it into a mask. And ……続きを見る

What if laughter could trap death itself? On Korea's storm-battered southern coast, fishermen once faced a plague that fed on fearーuntil a Dragon King appeared in dreams with an impossible prescrip……続きを見る

In the northern highlands of old Korea, masks were not carved from woodーthey were forged from iron, cooled in ritual blood, and filled with the souls of warriors who died without names. This is not……続きを見る

Foods and Culinary Utensils of the Ancients is a fascinating exploration into the dietary habits, cooking methods, and kitchen tools of ancient civilizations, meticulously compiled by Charles Martyn……続きを見る

The Korean War was never formally declared, and no peace treaty ending the war was ever signed. The 1953 armistice did not stop the war but marked its extension and expansion into a warlike state of……続きを見る

This book describes and illustrates the ground forces of the Republic of Korea and its United Nations allies during the Korean War, as well as the UN medical contingents in the conflict. The North K……続きを見る

A strategic military analysis examining transportation, logistics, and mechanization in modern warfare. 続きを見る

Gordon L Rottman explores the design development and combat history of the US Army's field fortifications during these two major wars, alongside illustrations and diagrams throughout. The US Army an……続きを見る

FLAVEL C. BARBER’S memoir of his service with the Third Tennessee provides a rare contemporary history of a Confederate regiment. Major Barber’s imprisonment after the surrender of Fort Donelson spu……続きを見る

In Noord-Korea bepaalt de staat waar je woont, wat voor werk je doet, welke sport je beoefent, wat je eet en of je eet. Het land van Kim Jong-Un is voor buitenstaanders zo mysterieus dat er vaak lac……続きを見る

North Korea is perhaps the most intriguing, infamous and enigmatic nation of our modern world. Yet how many of us know its full history, and how it came to be? How can we understand such a strange, ……続きを見る

Step into the world of ancient Rome and uncover the life of Julius Caesar, one of history's most powerful and controversial leaders. A brilliant military commander, skilled politician, and influenti……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

Three generations. One bloodline. A nation of twenty-five million held hostage by a family business where the only product is absolute power. This is the tale of North Korea's ruling Kim family. The……続きを見る

The Glosters’ stand at Imjin River exemplifies extraordinary courage, buying crucial time for UN forces in a brutal cold-war crisis. On 25 June 1950, the simmering Cold War suddenly turned hot when ……続きを見る

After America’s First Battles analyzes how the U.S. military adapts after first contactーon the battlefield and across the forceーand why those adjustments determine who wins, who survives, and who ……続きを見る

By 1952, The Korean War had shifted from large mobile offenses to a stalemate, while armistice talks stalled at Panmunjom. The "Outpost Wars" in Korea were a series of localized nightly battles over……続きを見る

Korea was the first war in which jet fighters met at scale, and the result was not merely a race for speed, but a ruthless test of systemsーaircraft design, doctrine, training, logistics, and politi……続きを見る

Journalist Keyes Beech was sometimes accused of being a war lover. He denied the charge. Wars, he said, just kept happening on his watch. “You may hope that they’ll go out of fashion, but you can’t ……続きを見る

Come si vive in una distopia? Niente elettricità né internet, una vita pubblica di rituali e marce, un delatore in ogni vicino, un sistema di caste che distribuisce privilegi e miseria. È la Corea d……続きを見る