Enter the Dragon: China's Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea, 1950-51 - Softcover

Spurr, Russell

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080501165X ISBN 13: 9780805011654

Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, 1989

Synopsis

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About this title

About the Author:

Russell Spurr was based in Hong Kong for more than 20 years as the China and Far East correspondent for the London Daily Express and ABC Radio Network, and the chief correspondent and deputy editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review. He was one of the first Western correspondents to report from Peking after the establishment in 1949 of the People's Republic of China. During World War II Spurr was in the Royal Indian Navy, and served in motor gunboats through most of the Burma campaign. After the Japanese surrender, he was assigned to Kure, Japan, where he first viewed the vacant dock built for the Yamato and began to pursue the story of its demise. Spurr is also the author of the highly acclaimed Enter the Dragon: China's Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea.

Review:

"Dramatic…Mr. Spurr has tackled a difficult topic and is to be applauded."—The New York Times Book Review

"As entertaining as a novel, Spurr’s book…commendably provides a strong, you-are-there sense of the war."—The Washington Post Book World

"A thrilling narrative that holds the reader to the last page. Highly recommended."—Los Angeles Times

"Spurr’s unique opportunity to use Chinese and North Korean archives and his interviews with participants give the work a reality not found in comparable books."—Library Journal

"This is a remarkable account of a neglected war…Enter the Dragon is nothing short of superb."—Naval War College Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 080501165X
• ISBN 13: 9780805011654
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 335