THE FORGOTTEN WAR America in Korea 1950-1953

Clay Blair

ISBN 10: 0385260334 / ISBN 13: 9780385260336

Published by Anchor, New York, 1989

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Very Good+ in wraps. Owner bookplate on FEP. ; 9.1 X 5.8 X 2.6 inches; 1136 pages. Seller Inventory # 131992

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE FORGOTTEN WAR America in Korea 1950-1953

Publisher: Anchor, New York

Publication Date: 1989

Binding: Softcover

Edition: First Edition; Third Printing.

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Synopsis:

Heralded as an imposing and important work when first published in 1987, this history of the Korean War offers a complete and detailed portrayal of the conflict. Clay Blair, a highly respected military writer, is credited with taking a close and blistering look at high-level defense policy and ground-level leadership of the U.S. Army. He supports his analysis with official records and interviews with participants as well as his own deep knowledge of Washington personalities and politics. Blair's book captures the intensity of the conflict through the eyes of senior officers, explaining defeats and victories from the perspective of the U.S. battalion, regiment, and division commanders responsible for the progress of the war. As a collective portrait of the American officer corps at war, the book is uniquely valuable.

Highly critical of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's leadership during the period, Blair also takes President Truman to task for his misjudgments and occasionally faults the conduct of corps and division commanders while offering unstinting praise for Gen. Matthew Ridgway's turn around of a demoralized field army. This day-by-day, unit-by-unit account of what went on provides details unmatched in other books on the subject. 1152 pages. 128 photos. 12 line drawings. Paperback. 6 x 9 inches.

From the Publisher:

This masterwork of history combines battlefield-level and command-level action with domestic and international politics. Using official Army records and hundreds of interviews, best-selling military historian Clay Blair tells the whole story of the Korean conflict.