books about: 1950-53 (recounting fortress military)

books about: 1950-53

books:

I Remember Korea: Veterans Tell Their Stories of the Korean War, 1950-53

4 reviews
Linda Granfield

Clarion Books, 2003

The decency that lurks in all of us -- even in war
If Napoleonic warfare shattered concepts deeply rooted in the past century, this fact does not inavlidate reasons for studying warfare as waged in that earlier era, Col. Thomas E. Griess, of US Military Academy, wrote in July 1969. Griess, head of the Department of History at West Point, wrote the foreward to "The Art of War in the 17th and 18th Centuries" which analyses the tactics of King ...

Korea 1950-53 Recounting REME Involvement

1 review
John Dutton

Las Atalayas Publishing, 2007

REME in Korea
Korea 1950-53 Recounting REME Involvement For anyone who has served with or is serving in REME

Return to Glory: The Untold Story of Honor, Dishonor & Triumph at the United States Military Academy, 1950-53

4 reviews
Bill McWilliams

Warwick House Pub, 2000

How an institution recovered and perservered!
"A Return to Glory" by Bill McWilliams is 3 books in one. It is the story of West Point's tragic 1951 cheating scandal; Academy graduates in the Korean War, including a condensed version of the last battle for Pork Chop Hill; and the restoration of the Academy's honor system and football program/team in the years immediately following the 1951 incident. Weaved into the work is the ...

Conflict: The history of the Korean War, 1950-53

7 reviews
Robert Leckie

Avon, 1962

Classic Leckie
"Conflict" is classic Leckie. Written more as a newspaper account, it is more readable than a stadard treatise on the war. Leckie's inability to suffer incompetence and admiration for the common infantryman is evident in his writing, without the arrogance that Marshall often conveys. This work shows why Leckie was, and remains, one of the best war story tellers in hirtory.

The Korean War 1950-53 (Men-at-Arms)

2 reviews
Nigel Thomas

Osprey Publishing, 1986

Good coverage of the subject
This book provides exactly what a frequent reader of the Osprey Men-at-Arms series would expect to see in a book about the Korean War. Within the tight constraints of the format, the various ground combatants and the ground war are described nicely. Air and naval aspects of the war are not covered in the book. My only complaint with the book is that the illustrator does a nice job with ...

US Army Forces in the Korean War 1950-53 (Battle Orders)

3 reviews
Donald Boose

Osprey Publishing, 2005

US ARMY FORCES IN THE KOREAN WAR 1950-53 (BATTLE ORDERS)
ON TIME, AS DESCRIBED..WOULD DO BUSINESS AGAIN.,

US World War II and Korean War Field Fortifications 1941-53 (Fortress)

1 review
Gordon Rottman

Osprey Publishing, 2005

Both doctrine and practice covered--with the "official" omissions included
This Osprey Fortress-series book covers both doctrine and practice. It is often said that the infantryman uses his E-tool more often than his rifle. Illustrator Ian Palmer depicted company and battalion defensive positions, as well as details on individual positions for riflemen and heavy weapons. Some of these illustrations are the same ones used in US Army field manuals (both War Department ...

Armour of the Korean War 1950-53 (Vanguard)
Simon Dunstan

Osprey Publishing, 1982

This book explores the design, development, history and organisation of the armoured vehicles deployed during the Korean war. Starting with the initial invasion, Simon Dunstan tracks the deployment of armoured divisions throughout the course of the war. Vehicles are shown in full colour illustrations.