{"product_id":"the-korean-war-paperback-2","title":"The Korean War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMax Hastings\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt was the first war we could not win. At no other time since World War II have two superpowers met in battle.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMax Hastings--preeminent military historian--takes us back to the bloody bitter struggle to restore South Korean independence after the Communist invasion of June 1950. Using personal accounts from interviews with more than two-hundred vets\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003eincluding the Chinese--Hastings follows real officers and soldiers through the battles. He brilliantly captures the Cold War crisis at home--the strategies and politics of Truman, Acheson, Marshall, MacArthur, Ridgway, and Bradley--and shows what we should have learned in the war that was the prelude to Vietnam.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMax Hastings is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Korean War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOverlord\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBomber Command\u003c\/i\u003e and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eBattle for the Falklands.\u003c\/i\u003e Editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Telegraph, \u003c\/i\u003e he lives in London, England\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 391\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.06 x 8.91 x 6.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 15, 1988\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47278549663993,"sku":"9780671668341","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VkI4ekFNY2pBUnB1SmUvVXJKRU5nQT09.webp?v=1769012327","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-korean-war-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}