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Damage control
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M. Zachary Sherman |
When their plane crashes behind enemy lines, Corporal Tony Donovan and his Army Corps of Engineer companions must rebuild one of the jeeps they were carrying--will they escape before the North Korean… |
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MacArthur's War
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Bevin Alexander |
As a United States general, he had an unparalleled genius for military strategy, and it was under his leadership that Japan was rebuilt into a democratic ally after World War II. But MacArthur carrie… |
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Red Phoenix
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Larry Bond |
In the aftermath of a series of student riots in Seoul, the U.S. Congress rushes a bill into law calling for the complete withdrawal of American troops from South Korea. This sets off a chain reactio… |
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Fortune favours the brave-the Battle of the Hook Korea, 1953
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A. J. Barker |
Details two costly battles fought along a Korean ridge known as "the Hook" in 1952 and 1953. Both involved British infantry battalions of 29 Commonwealth Brigade, the Black Watch Regiment and the Duk… |
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The Manchurian candidate
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Richard Condon |
Sgt Raymond Shaw is a hero of the first order. He's an ex-prisoner of war who saved the life of his entire outfit, a winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the stepson of an influential senator.… |
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With a Black Platoon in combat
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Lyle Rishell |
The first year of the Korean conflict was a dark and humiliating period for many of the troops who fought there. Against a backdrop of U.S. political indecision and reduced military capability, Ameri… |
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The Cold War & the 1950s
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Kevin O'Reilly |
"Involving students in real historical problems that convey powerful lessons about U.S. history, these thought-provoking activities combine core content with valuable practice in decision making, cri… |
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Here comes a hero
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Lawrence Block |
The CIA, the FBI, the KGB, Interpol—not one of the world's premier intelligence organizations knows quite what to make of Evan Michael Tanner. Is he a spy, a mercenary, a footloose adventurer, or sim… |
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Going all the way
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Dan Wakefield |
> [...] a passionate and tormented novel
> about the summer of 1954 as it
> transpired in the lives of two young
> Korean War veterans returning to their
> Indianapolis homes. . . . it is
> poss… |
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Stalin's last war
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Alan J. Levine |
"This military and political history of the Korean War endeavors to give a fresh and less than fashionable account of the war. Utilizing both immediately postwar impressions and newly available evide… |
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The last stand of Fox Company
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Bob Drury |
November 1950, the Korean Peninsula: After General MacArthur ignores Mao's warnings and pushes his UN forces deep into North Korea, his 10,000 First Division Marines find themselves surrounded and ho… |
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