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MATCH 25
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: Asia, Cold War, East Asia, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 22
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: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 22
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: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 22
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: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 22
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: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 22
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: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 22
35th Anniversary, the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, North Korea

Chosin Few (Association)

1985

NON-FICTION
Same warTags: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 22
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: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 19
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.

Same warTags: Cold War, Infantry, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 19
The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950–1953

Clay Blair

1987

NON-FICTION

The most comprehensive operational history of the Korean War, based on thousands of interviews and classified documents.

Same warTags: Cold War, East Asia, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 18
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: Asia, Cold War, Infantry, Modern, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 16
Overview of the Korean War
Overview of the Korean War

Earle Rice

2009

NON-FICTION

Examines the causes, major battles and figures, and aftermath of the Korean War.

Same warTags: East Asia, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 15
Hue 1968

Mark Bowden

2017

NON-FICTION

Gripping account of the bloodiest battle of the Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War's turning point.

Tags: Asia, Cold War, Modern, Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
Vietnam and the United States
Vietnam and the United States

Gary R. Hess

1998

NON-FICTION

Discusses the origins and legacy of the Vietnam War and its impact on the United States.

Same warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
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 warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
Chindit, 1942-45

T. R. Moreman

2009

NON-FICTION

Osprey's study of the Chidits of Wolrd War II (1939-19445). Named after mythical beasts guarding Buddhist temples, the Chindits were a specially organized, equipped and trained body of men employing i...

Same warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
Vietnam
Vietnam

Christian G. Appy

2006

NON-FICTION

'Vietnam' features accounts of 135 men and women that span the history of the Vietnam conflict from its murky origins in the 1940s to the chaotic fall of Saigon in 1975. It allows us to see what this ...

Same warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
The Vietnam War and American Culture
The Vietnam War and American Culture

John Carlos Rowe

1991

NON-FICTION

Examines how the Vietnam War is perceived in American culture, especially by those who were not in Vietnam.

Same warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
The Tragedy of Vietnam
The Tragedy of Vietnam

Patrick J. Hearden

2017

NON-FICTION

Chapter 1 The French Indochina Empire -- chapter 2 The Dream of a Pax Americana -- chapter 3 America’s Mandarin -- chapter 4 The Summons of the Trumpet -- chapter 5 The Master of Deceit -- chapter 6 T...

Same warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction
MATCH 13
Vietnam Remembered Today
Vietnam Remembered Today

Mark Shaughnessy; Don Shaughnessy

2010

NON-FICTION

This is the story of two brothers who served in Vietnam at the same time, yet their experiences were vastly different, one in a support function and the other fighting in the jungle.

Same warTags: Non-FictionThemes: Non-Fiction