This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness

This Kind of War: A Study in Unpreparedness

Updated with maps, photographs, and battlefield diagrams, this special fiftieth anniversary edition of the classic history of the Korean War is a dramatic and hard-hitting account of the conflict writ…

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