Korean War

Joe Owen tells it like it was in this evocative story of a marine rifle company in the uncertain, early days of the Korean War...

Hal Moore led his life by a set of principles - a code developed through years of experience, trial-and-error, and the study of leaders of every stripe....

The Frozen Chosen is an account of the breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea by the First Marine Division from November to December 1950....

By early 1951, American forces and their UN allies had been driven more than 100 miles down the Korean peninsula by the Chinese. The situation was bleak when Gen. Matthew Ridgway ordered a last stand at the village of Chipyong-ni....

A fascinating personal memoir of underwater combat in World War II, told by a man who played a major role in those dangerous operations....

In June 1950 Communist forces poured across the 38th Parallel (the arbitrary, militarily indefensible line of latitude separating the Communist North from the independent Republic of Korea) to unite the country by force....

Omar Nelson Bradley was the youngest and last of nine men to earn five-star rank and the only army officer so honored after World War II. This new biography gives an account of Bradley’s formative years, his decorated career, and his postwar life....

Austin Roberts finds himself perpetually in the way at the post-funeral gathering of his great uncle Jack. Austin goes over to Cat, Jack's brother, who has an old album on his lap. The two begin an unlikely conversation and together embark on a journey that stretches almost seven decades....

A widening gulf between performance and accountability has caused history to be kinder to the American generals of World War II than to those of later wars....

Blaine Harden returns with the untold story of one of the most powerful spies in American history, shedding new light on the US role in the Korean War and its legacy....

From age 15 to 40, David Hackworth devoted himself to the US Army and fast became a living legend. In 1971, however, he appeared on television to decry the doomed war effort in Vietnam....

In the last months of the Korean war the US Marines had transitioned into a near stationary force manning the main battle line in a serious of forward outposts. In this position they were under near constant bombardment and engaging in ongoing patrol battles....

This accessible and engaging new edition continues to be one of the leading introductory textbooks on Korean history. Fully revised, the author takes a thematic and chronological approach to guide listeners from early state formation and the dynastic eras to the modern experience....

Dr. Yungman Kwak is in the twilight of his life. Every day for the last fifty years, he has brushed his teeth, slipped on his shoes, and headed to Horse Breath’s General Hospital, where, as an obstetrician, he treats the women and babies of the small rural Minnesota town he chose to call home....

On Hallowed Ground is the riveting story of this epic battle. Drawing on previously classified documents, interviews, and letters from survivors, author Bill McWilliams details the strategy and tactics behind the conflict and pays stirring tribute to the heroic soldiers....

At the height of the Korean War, President Truman launched one of the most important intelligence-gathering operations in history....

During World War II, the Japanese forced 200,000 young Korean women to be sex slaves or "comfort women" for their soldiers....

The outcome of the Korean War was decided in the first three months. The Darkest Summer is the hour-by-hour, casualty-by-casualty story of those months....

This is a story of war and redemption, of hunger and destruction, the kindness of an Army Chaplain during the Korean War. It is the story of a Korean orphan: from scratching for food on garbage heaps, to becoming a renowned professor at Concordia University in southern California....

Lost in the Cold War is the never-before-told story of Downey’s decades as a prisoner of war and the efforts to bring him home....