“The Korean War” by Max Hastings.
“This Kind of War” by T.F.Fehrenbach. According to Collin Powell, “This Kind of War has been studied by two generations of soldiers. Fehrenbach describes good decisions and bad ones with insight and expertise. But what he does best of all, and what is so memorable, is his eloquent, sometimes painful description of the GIs who must bear the burden of those decisions. That is the awful beauty of this book—it cuts straight to the heart of all the political and military errors, and reveals the brave souls who have to bleed and die for mistakes made. A timely reissue of a military classic.”
“Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir” by Joseph R. Owen. "Thoroughly gripping . . . The Chosin action is justly called epical; Lieutenant Owen tells the tale of the men who made it so." --Booklist
Link to five-minute newsreel “Out of the Trap!” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtfxYt3PfWY
Link to Journalist Thomas Ricks presentation, "How O.P. Smith Saved 15,000 Marines." Ricks discusses the opening of Chinese archives at 22:50 to 24:00 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rf-KpVgus8
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