Further Reading


  • Appleman, Roy S.South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu: The U.S. Army in the Korean War. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961.
  • Bateman, Robert L.No Gun Ri: A Military History of the Korean War Incident. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 2002.
  • Blair, Clay.The Forgotten War: America in Korea, 1950–1953. New York: Times Books, 1987.
  • Cagle, Malcolm W., and Frank A. MansonThe Sea War in Korea. 1957. Reprint. New York: Arno Press, 1980.
  • Chen, Jian.China’s Road to the Korean War: The Making of the Sino-American Confrontation. New York: Columbia University Press, 1994.
  • Clark, Eugene Franklin.The Secrets of Inchon: The Untold Story of the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War. Introduction by Thomas Fleming. New York: Putnam’s, 2002.
  • Crane, Conrad.American Airpower Strategy in Korea, 1950–1953. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2000.
  • Cumings, Bruce.The Origins of the Korean War. 2 vols. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1990.
  • Ent, Uzal W.Fighting on the Brink: Defense of the Pusan Perimeter. Paducah, Ky.: Turner Publishing, 1996.
  • Fehrenbach, T. R.This Kind of War: The Classic Korean War History. 50th anniversary ed. Foreword by Gordon Sullivan. Washington, D.C.: Brassey’s 2000.
  • Field, James A.History of United States Naval Operations: Korea. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Navy, Naval History Division, 1962.
  • Foot, Rosemary.The Wrong War: American Policy and the Dimensions of the Korean Conflict, 1950–1953. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1985.
  • Futrell, Robert.The United States Air Force in Korea, 1950–1953. Reprint. Washington, D.C.: Office of Air Force History, 1996.
  • Goncharov, Sergei, John W. Lewis, and Xue Litai.Uncertain Partners: Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1993.
  • Green, David.Captured at the Imjin River: The Korean War Memories of a Gloster, 1950–1953. Barnsley, South Yorkshire: Leo Cooper, 2003.
  • Haas, Michael E.In the Devil’s Shadow: UN Special Operations During the Korean War. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2000.
  • Hallion, Richard.The Naval Air War in Korea. Baltimore: Nautical & Aviation Publishing Company of America, 1986.
  • Hamburger, Kenneth E.Leadership in the Crucible: The Korean War Battles of Twin Tunnels and Chipyong-ni. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2003.
  • Hanley, Charles J., Sang-Hun Choe, and Martha Mendoza.The Bridge at No Gun Ri: A Hidden Nightmare from the Korean War. New York: Henry Holt, 2001.
  • Hermes, Walter G.Truce Tent and Fighting Front. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1966.
  • James, D. Clayton.Refighting the Last War: Command and Crisis in Korea, 1950–1953. New York: Free Press, 1993.
  • Kaufman, Burton I.The Korean War: Challenges in Crisis, Credibility, and Command, 1950–1953. Philadelphia: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
  • Knox, Donald.The Korean War: Uncertain Victory. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988.
  • Langley, Michael.Inchon Landing: MacArthur’s Last Triumph. New York: Times Books, 1979.
  • Lowe, Peter.The Korean War. Basingstoke, England: Macmillan, 2000.
  • MacDonald, Callum A.Korea: The War Before Vietnam. New York: Free Press, 1986.
  • McLaren, David R.Mustangs over Korea: The North American F-51 at War, 1950–1953. Atglen, Pa.: Schiffer Publishers, 1999.
  • McWilliams, Bill.On Hallowed Ground: The Last Battle for Pork Chop Hill. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2004.
  • Marshall, S. L. A.Pork Chop Hill: The American Fighting Man in Action, Korea, Spring, 1953. 1956. Reprint. Norwalk, Conn.: Easton Press, 1993.
  • Matray, James I., ed.Historical Dictionary of the Korean War. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1991.
  • Merrill, John.Korea: The Peninsular Origins of the War. Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1989.
  • Montross, Lyn, and Nicholas Canzona.The Inchon-Seoul Operation. Vol. 2 in U.S. Marine Operations in Korea. Washington, D.C.: Historical Branch, United States Marine Corps, 1954–1957.
  • Owen, Joseph R.Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1996.
  • Rees, David.Korea: The Limited War. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1964.
  • Rottman, Gordon L.Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950–1953. Foreword by Ed Evanhoe. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2002.
  • Russ, Martin.Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950. New York: Fromm International, 1999.
  • Sandler, Stanley.The Korean War: No Victors, No Vanquished. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1999.
  • ____________, ed.The Korean War: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1995.
  • Stueck, William W., Jr.The Korean War: An International History. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1995.
  • ____________.Rethinking the Korean War: A New Diplomatic and Strategic History. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2002.
  • Thompson, Warren E., and David R. McLaren.MIG Alley: Sabres vs. MIGs over Korea: Pilot Accounts and the Complete Combat Record of the F-86 Sabre. North Branch, Minn.: Specialty Press, 2002.
  • Toland, John.In Mortal Combat: Korea, 1950–1953. New York: Quill, 1991.
  • Varhola, Michael J.Fire and Ice: The Korean War, 1950–1953. Mason City, Iowa: Savas, 2000.
  • Whiting, Charles.Battleground Korea: The British in the Korean War. London: Sutton, 1999.
  • Zhang, Shu Guang.Mao’s Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950–1953. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1995.
  • Zhang, Xiaoming.Red Wings over the Yalu: China, the Soviet Union, and the Air War in Korea. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2002.