The Korean War

by Paul M. Edwards

Book Overview

Despite the American tendency to bypass it, the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 was a watershed in American history. It was in Korea, for the first time, that the United States committed its armed forces to limiting an expansion, by Communist forces, which many believed was designed to take over the world; it was also the first war that a world organization, the United Nations, played a military role. The conflict in Korea was a war that was fought in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313332487
• ISBN13: 9780313332487
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.0"