THE KOREAN WAR: JUNE 1950 – MAY 1951, DESIGNER SIGNATURE EDITION
Korean War
2017
MILITARY HISTORYIt was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle. Max Hastings—preeminent military historian—takes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to...
This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History
1963
NON-FICTIONClassic examination of the Korean War that focuses on the experience of the infantry soldier and the failures of American military preparedness.
On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir
2018
NON-FICTIONGripping narrative of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir — where 15,000 UN troops were surrounded by 120,000 Chinese soldiers in brutal Korean winter and fought their way to the sea.
The Korean War
1987
FICTIONChronicles the Korean War with over 200 interviews of veterans, including the Chinese.
Crazy Horse and Custer
1996
NON-FICTIONThe full story of what led Crazy Horse and Custer to that fateful day at the Little Bighorn, from bestselling historian Stephen E. Ambrose. On the sparkling morning of June 25, 1876, 611 U.S. Army sol...
Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 November-11 December 1950
1983
NON-FICTIONThis battle analysis addresses the battle of Chosin Reservoir from 27 November to 11 December 1950 in northeastern North Korea during which the 1st Marine Division and some attached U.S. Army units fo...
Frozen Chosin
2014
NON-FICTIONBattle of the Chosin Reservoir, Chosin also called Changjin, campaign early in the Korean War, part of the Chinese Second Offensive (November–December 1950) to drive the United Nations out of North Ko...
Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 NOV-11 DEC 1950
1983
NON-FICTIONAnalyse fra Korea-krigen af kampene ved Chosin, hvor 1. US Marine Division, der var omringet af talstærke kinesiske styrker, slog sig igennem medbringende deres materiel og sårede.
Attack at Chosin
2020
NON-FICTIONFor members of the U.S. Army’s “Task Force Faith” and the First Marine Division, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir is an epic story of survival, courage, and ingenuity. Their exploits are well known—wove...
Chosin
2007
NON-FICTIONIt was 1950, a brutally cold November in North Korea, and the war seemed all but over. And then a force of nearly 70,000 Chinese "volunteers" crossed the Yalu River, encircling the 30,000 United Natio...
35th Anniversary, the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea
1985
NON-FICTIONEast of Chosin
2002
NON-FICTION"Well written and meticulously researched ... East of Chosin is military history at its best". -- Harry G. Summers, Jr., Washington Post Book World
Hue 1968
2017
NON-FICTIONGripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.
The Forgotten War: America in Korea 1950-1953
1987
NON-FICTIONThe most exhaustive single-volume history of the Korean War, covering every major campaign from the Pusan Perimeter to the armistice.
The Prince
1515
MILITARY HISTORYThe Prince (Italian: Il Principe [il ˈprintʃipe]; Latin: De Principatibus) is a 16th-century political treatise written by Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli as an instruction...
The Jakarta Method
2020
MILITARY HISTORYIn this bold and comprehensive new history, Vincent Bevins builds on his incisive reporting for the Washington Post, using recently declassified documents, archival research and eye-witness testimony ...
The Caine mutiny
1951
MILITARY HISTORYWinner of the Pulitzer Prize this atmospheric novel tells the story in flashback of a mutiny aboard a United States minesweeper during WW2. The murky events of the mutiny emerge during a court-martial...
Treasure Island
1880
MILITARY HISTORYTraditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as see...