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THE KOREAN WAR: JUNE 1950 – MAY 1951, DESIGNER SIGNATURE EDITION

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This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History

T. R. Fehrenbach

1963

NON-FICTION

Classic examination of the Korean War that focuses on the experience of the infantry soldier and the failures of American military preparedness.

Same warTags: Infantry
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On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir

Hampton Sides

2018

NON-FICTION

Gripping 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.

Same warTags: Infantry
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Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 November-11 December 1950

AUTHOR UNKNOWN

1983

NON-FICTION

This 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...

Same warTags: Infantry
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Frozen Chosin

Edwin H. Simmons, Usmc (Ret ) Brigadier General Simmons

2014

NON-FICTION

Battle 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...

Same warTags: Infantry
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Chosin Reservoir: Defensive, Retrograde, Winter, 1st Marine Division, 27 NOV-11 DEC 1950

F.M. Berger

1983

NON-FICTION

Analyse 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.

Same warTags: Infantry
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Attack at Chosin
Attack at Chosin

Xiaobing Li

2020

NON-FICTION

For 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...

Same warTags: Infantry
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Chosin
Chosin

Eric Hammel

2007

NON-FICTION

It 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...

Same warTags: Infantry
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35th Anniversary, the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea

Chosin Few (Association)

1985

NON-FICTION
Same warTags: Infantry
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East of Chosin
East of Chosin

Roy Edgar Appleman

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

Same warTags: Infantry
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Korean War
Korean War

Captivating History

2017

MILITARY HISTORY

It 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...

Same war
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The Korean War
The Korean War

Max Hastings

1987

FICTION

Chronicles the Korean War with over 200 interviews of veterans, including the Chinese.

Same war
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Crazy Horse and Custer
Crazy Horse and Custer

Stephen E. Ambrose

1996

NON-FICTION

The 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...

Same war
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Shadow on the White House
Shadow on the White House

David L. Anderson

1993

NON-FICTION

Harry Truman's administration began searching for an American response to the clash in Indochina between Frech colonialism and Vietminh communism in 1945. Thirty years and five administrations later, ...

Tags: Infantry, Renaissance
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The Forgotten War: America in Korea 1950-1953

Clay Blair

1987

NON-FICTION

The most exhaustive single-volume history of the Korean War, covering every major campaign from the Pusan Perimeter to the armistice.

Tags: Infantry
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The Prince
The Prince

Niccolò Machiavelli

1515

MILITARY HISTORY

The 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...

Tags: Renaissance
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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore & Joseph L. Galloway

1992

NON-FICTION

Definitive account of the Battle of Ia Drang Valley in 1965, the first major engagement between US forces and the NVA.

Tags: Infantry
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House to House: An Epic Memoir of War

David Bellavia

2007

MEMOIR

First-person account of urban combat in Fallujah in November 2004 by a decorated Army staff sergeant. The most visceral account of close-quarters combat in the Iraq War.

Tags: Infantry
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The Battle for the Falklands
The Battle for the Falklands

Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins

1983

NON-FICTION

"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." -James M. Gavin

Tags: Americas
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The Face of Battle

John Keegan

1976

NON-FICTION

Landmark study examining three battles — Agincourt, Waterloo, and the Somme — from the perspective of the ordinary soldier, asking what combat is actually like for those who must endure it.

Tags: Infantry
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The Port Chicago 50
The Port Chicago 50

Steve Sheinkin

2017

NON-FICTION

Presents an account of the 1944 civil rights protest involving hundreds of African-American Navy servicemen who were unjustly charged with mutiny for refusing to work in unsafe conditions after the de...

Tags: Americas