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The story of the first, and critical, test by the communist bloc of Western military resolve. Instead of concentrating wholly on the American involvement which was of course dominant, Michael Hickey also sets in context the contributions - many of them quite out of proportion to the size of their contingents - of the other nations that answered the UN call and sent troops in response to the North Koreans' surprise attack. Altogether some 100,000 British troops served, together with proportionate numbers from Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa, Turkey and elsewhere. Despite problems of culture and logistics, these troops' participation was often crucially important. The Republic of Korea's own army also became steadily more formidable under tough American training.;Michael Hickey draws on a number of sources from several countries, including recently declassified documents, regimental archives, diaries and interviews.
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`The main strength of Hickey's excellent account is its ability to combine solid analysis of high politics and strategy with gripping (and often horrifying) eye-witness accounts of life at the sharp end.' Saul David, Sunday Telegraph; `Absorbing and well-informed . . . he writes about Korea with the vividness of personal experience.' Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Sunday Times; `A masterful authoritative account of the war from beginning to end'. Patrick Skene Catling, The Irish Times; `Not just a book for defence specialists, but also a political record and a pleasure to read.' Malcolm Rutherford, Financial Times
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The story of the Korean War - the first, and critical, test by the communist bloc of Western military resolve. Michael Hickey draws on a number of sources from several countries, including recently declassified documents, regimental archives, diaries and interviews.
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- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0719561507
- ISBN 13 9780719561504
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages408
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