An ''Unnecessary'' War Contributor(s): McMurran, Marshall William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1436359066 ISBN-13: 9781436359061 Publisher: Xlibris Us
Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: September 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Korean War |
LCCN: 2008906604 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.90 lbs) 172 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An "Unnecessary" War is a researched readable account of the Korean Conflict, told an Air Force Officer who served with the 3rd Bomb Wing (Light). (Not until 1986 did the US Congress declare the Korean War to be a real war) The cost in human and material loss in the three war years was huge. Any gain is still difficult to assess. Communism was halted, but a grim totalitarian regime was left in place that is now a nuclear thorn in the side of the planet. The book discusses in some detail, the political and financial (yes-financial) decisions made by UN and US political leaders leading to Chairman Mao's and Joe Stalin's approval of Kim Il Sung's ill-considered crusade to invade the South. (Kim Il Sung was the grandfather of our present pesky North Korean Kim, who seems to blame his self-inflicted ills on America) Most recounts of the Korean War are either biased or too detailed for the non-military reader. This book was written for the rest of us, and contains hopefully unbiased judgmental information not available elsewhere in a single writing.
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