The Korean War (102 page)

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First published 1987 by Michael Joseph Limited
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Foreword

Prologue: Task Force Smith

1 » Origins of a Tragedy

2 » Invasion

3 » The West’s Riposte

1. Washington

2. Tokyo

3. London

4. Seoul

4 » Walker’s War

1. Retreat to the Naktong

2. Dressing Ranks

3. The Pusan Perimeter

5 » Inchon

6 » To the Brink: MacArthur Crosses the Parallel

7 » The Coming of the Chinese

8 » Chosin: The Road from the Reservoir

9 » The Winter of Crisis

1. The Big Bug-Out

2. Washington and Tokyo

3. The Arrival of Ridgway

10 » Nemesis: The Dismissal of MacArthur

11 » The Struggle on the Imjin

12 » The Stony Road

1. Towards Stalemate

2. Panmunjom

3. The Cause

13 » The Intelligence War

14 » The Battle in the Air

15 » The Prisoners

16 » Attrition: The War on the Hills

17 » The Pursuit of Peace

1. Koje-do

2. ‘I shall go to Korea’

3. The Last Act

18 » Hindsight

Appendix A: Chronology

Appendix B: Offers of Military Assistance for Korea by UN Members

Appendix C: United Kingdom Forces in the Korean Theatre of War

Bibliography and a note on sources

Notes and references

Acknowledgements

Index

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Foreword

Prologue: Task Force Smith

1 » Origins of a Tragedy

2 » Invasion

3 » The West’s Riposte

1. Washington

2. Tokyo

3. London

4. Seoul

4 » Walker’s War

1. Retreat to the Naktong

2. Dressing Ranks

3. The Pusan Perimeter

5 » Inchon

6 » To the Brink: MacArthur Crosses the Parallel

7 » The Coming of the Chinese

8 » Chosin: The Road from the Reservoir

9 » The Winter of Crisis

1. The Big Bug-Out

2. Washington and Tokyo

3. The Arrival of Ridgway

10 » Nemesis: The Dismissal of MacArthur

11 » The Struggle on the Imjin

12 » The Stony Road

1. Towards Stalemate

2. Panmunjom

3. The Cause

13 » The Intelligence War

14 » The Battle in the Air

15 » The Prisoners

16 » Attrition: The War on the Hills

17 » The Pursuit of Peace

1. Koje-do

2. ‘I shall go to Korea’

3. The Last Act

18 » Hindsight

Appendix A: Chronology

Appendix B: Offers of Military Assistance for Korea by UN Members

Appendix C: United Kingdom Forces in the Korean Theatre of War

Bibliography and a note on sources

Notes and references

Acknowledgements

Index

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Foreword

Prologue: Task Force Smith

1 » Origins of a Tragedy

2 » Invasion

3 » The West’s Riposte

1. Washington

2. Tokyo

3. London

4. Seoul

4 » Walker’s War

1. Retreat to the Naktong

2. Dressing Ranks

3. The Pusan Perimeter

5 » Inchon

6 » To the Brink: MacArthur Crosses the Parallel

7 » The Coming of the Chinese

8 » Chosin: The Road from the Reservoir

9 » The Winter of Crisis

1. The Big Bug-Out

2. Washington and Tokyo

3. The Arrival of Ridgway

10 » Nemesis: The Dismissal of MacArthur

11 » The Struggle on the Imjin

12 » The Stony Road

1. Towards Stalemate

2. Panmunjom

3. The Cause

13 » The Intelligence War

14 » The Battle in the Air

15 » The Prisoners

16 » Attrition: The War on the Hills

17 » The Pursuit of Peace

1. Koje-do

2. ‘I shall go to Korea’

3. The Last Act

18 » Hindsight

Appendix A: Chronology

Appendix B: Offers of Military Assistance for Korea by UN Members

Appendix C: United Kingdom Forces in the Korean Theatre of War

Bibliography and a note on sources

Notes and references

Acknowledgements

Index