The darkest summer : Pusan and Inchon 1950 : the battles that saved South Korea--and the Marines--from extinction / Bill Sloan.
Sloan, Bill, 1935-
2009
DS918.2.P87 S56 2009 (Mapit)
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Title The darkest summer : Pusan and Inchon 1950 : the battles that saved South Korea--and the Marines--from extinction / Bill Sloan.
Author Sloan, Bill, 1935-
Edition 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
ISBN 9781416571742
1416571744
Imprint New York : Simon & Schuster, 2009.
Language English
Description ix, 385 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number DS918.2.P87 S56 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 951.904/24
Summary Sloan recounts the dramatic first three months of the Korean War, when South Korea was saved from Communism's conquest.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Suddenly, a not-so-sudden war
An army in disarray
A proud corps in peril
Missions impossible
Enter the "fire brigade"
A melee of confusion and chaos
Triumph, tragedy, traps, and tears
Nightmare on the Naktong
Commanders in conflict
The enemy goes for broke
A 5,000-to-one "sure thing"
Turning the tide at Inchon
The bloody road to Seoul
A "terrible liberation"
Taking the hard way home
The rest of the story.

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