The Korean War / Paul M. Edwards.
Despite the American tendency to bypass it, the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 was a watershed in American history. It was in Korea, for the first time, that the United States committed its armed forces to limiting an expansion, by Communist forces, which many believed was designed to take over the wo...
Saved in:
| Online Access: |
Full text (Emerson users only) |
|---|---|
| Main Author: | |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Westport, Conn. :
Greenwood Press,
2006.
|
| Series: | Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. American soldiers' lives.
|
| Subjects: | |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Despite the American tendency to bypass it, the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 was a watershed in American history. It was in Korea, for the first time, that the United States committed its armed forces to limiting an expansion, by Communist forces, which many believed was designed to take over the world; it was also the first war that a world organization, the United Nations, played a military role. The conflict in Korea was a war that was fought in hardship and danger by the grunt, the man and woman in the field, bringing an end to the myth that possession of an atomic bomb made conventional w. |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 210 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780313027710 0313027714 1282406299 9781282406292 9786612406294 6612406291 |
| Language: | English. |