The Korean War

The Resource The Korean War
Label
The Korean War
Statement of responsibility
Paul M. Edwards
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
Despite the American tendency to bypass it, the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 was a watershed in American history. It was in Korea, for the first time, that the United States committed its armed forces to limiting an expansion, by Communist forces, which many believed was designed to take over the world; it was also the first war that a world organization, the United Nations, played a military role. The conflict in Korea was a war that was fought in hardship and danger by the grunt, the man and woman in the field, bringing an end to the myth that possession of an atomic bomb made conventional w
Member of
Cataloging source
MiAaPQ
Dewey number
951.904/2373
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
LC call number
DS918
LC item number
.E362 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
Series statement
  • American Soldiers' Lives
  • The Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series

Context

Context of The Korean War

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