Thus it began: Korea, the hermit kingdom ; Korean nationalists
The Lee family under Japanese occupation: out of the frying pan, into the fire, World War II
The Russians are coming: Kim Il Sung makes an entrance
Americans in South Korea
North Koreans discover communism
Chaos in South Korea: MacArthur in Japan
Prelude to a hot war
On a rainy Sunday across the 38th parallel: reactions of Washington
The ROK army on the brink of disintegration: MacArthur in Suwon ; Tactical errors all around
An ugly war
The first hundred days
Mao's thought in Beijing
The Inchon landing and its aftermath
Chinese traps
A brand new ball game
Refugee stories: the plight of refugees and massacres of innocent civilians
An old soldier just fades away, a new one steps in
The way we survived the war
A talking war
The tortuous path to armistice agreement
South Korea after the ceasefire: two schoolgirls
North Korea now
Old war, new crisis: the nuclear weapons developement program ; the sunshine policy ; military provocations ; what next.