The Korean War: Uncertain Victory: an Oral History
- ISBN-10
- 0156472015
- ISBN-13
- 9780156472012
- Series
- The Korean War
- Category
- Korean War, 1950-1953
- Pages
- 532
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Mariner Books
- Authors
- Alfred Coppel, Donald Knox
Description
In this nearly forgotten conflict, the death toll for U.S. servicemen in Korea over three years was virtually the same as in Vietnam over ten. This second and final volume of an acclaimed oral history describes the final years of brutal assaults, culminating in an uneasy armistice. Index; map.
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