The Korean War by Christopher Chant

The Korean War by Christopher Chant
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book on the Korean War is part of a larger series called the "The Military History of the United States". It is relatively short in length with a mix of text, illustrations, maps and photograph. As the series title may foretell it focuses primarily though it does give some historical background that lead up to the war itself. At a relatively short 136 pages it seems to give a concise summation of the war rather than a thoroughly comprehensive history of the war. It does provide the basics of what happened for those that are unfamiliar or new to the subject. It provides a decent starting point for those looking into this event. After this I'd recommend "The Korean War" by Max Hastings and "The Coldest Winter" by David Halberstam which are more in depth.

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