The War for Korea

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The War for Korea is written by Allan R. Millett and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1682479099 (ISBN 10) and 9781682479094 (ISBN 13).

A one-volume history that covers the causes, battles, and consequences of the Korean War across every aspect of the conflict: political, strategic, operational, and tactical. Destined to become the standard history of the Korean War, this comprehensive work by the preeminent scholar Allan Millett provides an overview of the first major conflict of the nuclear age. U.S. strategic involvement in Korea was part of its growing ideological battle with the Soviet Union and China. When North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, the United States felt it necessary to intervene and convinced the United Nations to join the war against North Korea. After U.S.-led UN forces penetrated deep into North Korea in the fall of 1950, China sent hundreds of thousands of troops across the Yalu River to confront them. The conflict settled into a stalemate that ended in 1953 with Korea still divided in two.