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Summary:

Sloan recounts the dramatic first three months of the Korean War, when South Korea was saved from Communism's conquest.

Table of Contents:

• Suddenly, a not-so-sudden war
• An army in disarray
• A proud corps in peril
• Missions impossible
• Enter the "fire brigade"
• A melee of confusion and chaos
• Triumph, tragedy, traps, and tears
• Nightmare on the Naktong
• Commanders in conflict
• The enemy goes for broke
• A 5,000-to-one "sure thing"
• Turning the tide at Inchon
• The bloody road to Seoul
• A "terrible liberation"
• Taking the hard way home
• The rest of the story.

Author/Creator:

Sloan, Bill, 1935-

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The darkest summer: Pusan and Inchon 1950: the battles that saved South Korea--and the Marines--from extinction [by Sloan, B.]

Subjects:

Korean War, 1950-1953 — Campaigns — Korea (South) — Pusan Region

Inchon Landing, Inchʻŏn, Korea, 1950

United States Marine Corps — History — Korean War, 1950-1953

Pusan (Korea) — History, Military — 20th century

Inch'ŏn (Korea) — History, Military — 20th century

United States Marine Corps

Inchon Landing (Inchʻŏn, Korea (South) : 1950)

Korean War (1950-1953)

1900-1999

History, Military

Military campaigns

United States

Korea (South) — Pusan

Korea (South)

Korea (South) — Inch'ŏn

Korea (South) — Pusan Region

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-362) and index.

Physical Description:

ix, 385 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Call Numbers:

DS918.2.P87 S56 2009

ISBNs:

9781416571742 (hardcover)
9781416575931 (e-book) [Invalid]
1416571744 (hardcover)
1416575936 (e-book) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2009015329

OCLC Numbers:

310397798