The Korean War: An Annotated Bibliography

✍ Scribed by Keith D. McFarland

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 452
• Series: Routledge Research Guides to American Military Studies
• Edition: Rev. 2nd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The Korean War is the most comprehensive and detailed bibliography compiled to date on the American involvement in "The Forgotten War." In this revised and expanded second edition, Keith D. McFarland’s clearly written annotations provide concise descriptions of more than 2,600 of the most important books, articles, and documents written in English on the conflict in Korea. Key topics include origins of the war; the political and military roles of North and South Korea, the United States, the Soviet Union, China, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Turkey, and other United Nations members; campaigns and battles; weapons and uniforms; and the military and diplomatic aspects of the war. Specific subjects are easy to find using the index organized by topic and author, making The Korean War a necessity for every academic or research library.

✦ Table of Contents

Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 15
Korean War Chronology......Page 18
I Reference Works......Page 24
II General Accounts of the War......Page 46
III Background to the War......Page 58
IV The Attack and the U.S. Decision to Intervene......Page 88
V U.S.–U.N. Wartime Policy and Decision Making......Page 101
VI Raising and Training U.S. Armed Forces......Page 124
VII U.S. Army in Korea......Page 137
VIII U.S. Air Force......Page 173
IX U.S. Navy......Page 191
X U.S. Marines......Page 201
XI Military Support Services......Page 218
XII The United Nations and the War......Page 244
XIII South Korea, North Korea, Chinese and Soviet Forces......Page 266
XIV The Truman–MacArthur Controversy......Page 290
XV Military Medicine......Page 300
XVI Prisoners of War......Page 313
XVII Peace Negotiations and the Armistice......Page 332
XVIII Korea During the War......Page 341
XIX Post-War Korea......Page 352
XX U.S. Homefront......Page 359
XXI The Media and the War......Page 386
XXII Literature......Page 396
XXIII Critiques, Analyses, Consquences and Legacies......Page 403
XXIV Web Based Sources......Page 414
Author Index......Page 422
Subject index......Page 437